Family Matters article Jun 1996
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Family Matters article Dec 2013
Poverty and welfare
Family Matters article about poverty and destitution in the aftermath of the United States recession
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Research report Sep 1980
Possible directions for an Australian family policy
Argues that the present fragmentation of services, inconsistency in interpretation and application should be replaced by a national family policy
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Family Matters article May 2010
Picking up the pieces
This article is a literature review of research regarding the responses of individuals, families and communities to catastrophic events.
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Research report Nov 2000
Pathways from infancy to adolescence
This publication tells the story of the Australian Temperament Project, a longitudinal study of Australian children born in Victoria 1982-83
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Media release Jun 2016
Parents' risky drinking linked to kids alcohol use
Levels of risky drinking among Australian parents is a strong factor influencing their teenage children to try alcohol, according to a new study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Jun 2008
Parents' involvement in their children's education
Engaging families in the education of their children is increasingly viewed as important, with research finding that children achieve more when schools and families work together. This paper investigates the relationship between parental involvement and children's learning competence, with an analysis of Wave 2 data from Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), for children in Years 1 and 2 at school.
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Research report Apr 2013
Parents working out work
This sheet presents statistical information about trends in parents' engagement in paid work, examining mothers' and fathers' employment patterns
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parenting resources in one and two parent families
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Research report Sep 2009
Parental time with children
This paper examines how characteristics of parental paid employment are associated with differences in parent-child time