Family Matters article Apr 1994
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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
International Year of the Family
Having discussed the importance of the family to the individual's development and the difficulties associated with formulating family policy, the author presents summaries of the key articles in this issue of 'Family Matters'.
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
Regional Family Support Councils
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
An Australian Newtown Revisited: 1966 and 1991
This article briefly describes a new draw on data collected to explore how family and community life changed in Newtown between 1966 and 1991.
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Family Matters article Jun 1995
Impact of the work environment on workers with family responsibilities
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Family Matters article Jun 1995
Family networks in rural and urban setting
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Research report Jun 1995
Tennant Creek: Living there: Views from families and service providers
This report on Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory presents findings from the Australian Living Standards Study. The report is in three sections.
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Research report Jun 1995
Employment report: Spatial aspects of employment in Australian cities
The report explores the links between the localities in which people live and their employment opportunities.
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Research report Jun 1995
Transport report: Aspects of travel and behaviour in Australian cities
Examine the links between the socio-demographic characteristics of families - including location - and their attitudes and behaviours re transport.