Research report Sep 1997
Work and family values, preferences and practice
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Initial findings from a new Institute study highlight the ways that parents' workforce participation is influenced by their values and preferences.
Research report Sep 1997
Initial findings from a new Institute study highlight the ways that parents' workforce participation is influenced by their values and preferences.
Family Matters article Aug 1992
This article considers innovations in the organised care of both children and elderly family members during working hours for workers with family responsibilities.
Research report Feb 1989
The major focus is the explanation of differences in the post- separation histories in paid employment of a sample of women with dependent children.
Media release Nov 2015
While the participation of women in the labour force has increased substantially, women still retire with around half as much superannuation as men.
Family Matters article Aug 1993
This article challenges widely held views that outer suburban life is one of isolation, cut off from family, friends and neighbours, while neighbourliness is pervasive in the older middle suburbs and an inherent part of inner suburban and city living.
Research report Dec 1991
This book reviews the literature on the role of the state, families and the community as providers of support, and reports on a study.
Policy and practice paper Sep 2014
An overview of the current evidence on who is likely to be a perpetrator of child abuse and neglect
Family Matters article Jan 2008
This paper uses data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to examine relationships between fathers' hours of paid employment and the extent to which they undertake these roles in families with children aged 4-5 years.
Policy and practice paper Mar 2010
Examines the literature regarding adolescent-parent relationships, and the evidence for family involvement in interventions to address problems.
Family Matters article Dec 1992
This article examines the impact of sustained high levels of unemployment on young people's pathways to adulthood and on their families, including discussion around leaving home and forming relationships; being unemployed and living at home with parents; lack of parental support and government initiatives.