Family Matters article Apr 1997
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Research report Oct 1982
One-parent families and educational disadvantage
Paper is based on the findings from a pilot study of possible educational problems suffered by the growing number of children from one parents homes
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Family Matters article May 2003
Opinion - Uncertainty, risk and children's futures
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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 Sep 2009
Parental time with children
This paper examines how characteristics of parental paid employment are associated with differences in parent-child time
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parenting resources in one and two parent families
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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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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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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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Family Matters article Jun 1996
Promoting the healthy functioning of young children with developmental disabilities, and their families