Family Matters article Dec 1993
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
The development of competence
This article on child development examines the nature of true intelligence, the elements of the growth of competence and how we might better stimulate the development of a child's many intelligences.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parental involvement in reading with children and television viewing in the first five years
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Research report Dec 1993
Young people, families and disadvantage
A report commissioned by the Australian Department of Social Security
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Research report Dec 1993
Living standards of DSS clients
Comparison of DSS clients and non-DSS clients on a range of indicators of living standards used in the ALSS study
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Research report Dec 1993
Short-term work patterns of women and the dependent spouse rebate
Department of Social Security Contract Projects, 1992-93 Project 4: Short-term work patterns of women
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
The Value of Care and Nurture Provided by Unpaid Household Work
This paper examines what we now know about the place of unpaid household work in the economy, uses internationally comparable survey data to estimate the relative magnitudes of the millions of hours of paid, unpaid and total work, puts a dollar value on Gross Household Produce (the value added by unpaid household work), looks more closely at who provides care and nurture in households, and suggests some urgent issues for statistics and policy that we should begin to tackle in 1994.
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Regional disadvantage and unemployment
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Family Matters article Apr 1994
Families and financial disadvantage
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Family Matters article Aug 1994
Young people and new income support measures
This article describes the policy measures in the Federal Government's May 1994 White Paper 'Working Nation' as they affect young people in terms of labour market prospects and their meaning for young people's transitions to independence.