Family Matters article Sep 2003
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Family transitions among Australia's children
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Research report Feb 2003
Family structure, child outcomes and environmental mediators
This paper describes a new Institute study that aims to enhance understanding about how family structure relates to the development of children
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Family size
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Family law update
This article represents a shortened version of the Executive Summary of a report by the authors of research undertaken into the operation of the Family Law Reform Act 1995, from the time it came into effect in June 1996 to the end of 1999.
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Family is for life
Provides prevalence figures for a range of childhood familial experiences (both positive and adverse), and examines the associations between these experiences and psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood.
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Research report Sep 1983
Family change and early childhood development
The concern of the paper is to outline how social change affects the nurturing tasks of family life
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Family Matters article May 2010
Family and place
The first set of articles in this edition of Family Matters considers aspects of place, including neighbourhood effects and the measurement of locational disadvantage - key issues in informing public policy - and discussion of place-based programs designed to ameliorate the impacts of disadvantage on children, families and communities.
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Research report May 2012
Families make all the difference
Prepared for the 2012 National Families Week, with this year's theme being "Families make all the difference: Helping kids to grow and learn"
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Research report Mar 2011
Families in regional, rural and remote Australia
This Facts Sheet describes how the characteristics of families differ between the "city" and the "country" or "bush"
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Family Matters article Oct 2004
Factors influencing men's and women's decisions about having children