Family Matters article Aug 1991
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Young adults and marriage
With the intention of providing general comparative material on marriage for the Institute's Becoming Adult Study, this article focuses on the marriage activity of young adults between 1981 and 1989.
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
What marriage means to young adults in the 1990s
This article reviews findings from the Australian Institute of Family Studies' 1990 Becoming Adult Study which examined, among other things, the attitudes to marriage and expectations of marriage in a group of 23-year-old Victorians.
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
In a Class of Our Own?
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Employment and income security support
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Sole Parent Pension: A bridge for solo players?
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Opinion
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare reform and the family
This article provides an overview of papers presented, and of debate around reform of the welfare and social security systems at the forefront of political debate in many western nations, including Australia.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare dependency and economic opportunity
In this paper, the author criticises and evaluates Lawrence Mead's 'Welfare reform and the family', and offers a British perspective on welfare dependency and economic opportunity.
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Family Matters article Sep 1999
Welfare reform in Britain, Australia and the United States
This article considers whether Britain and Australia will eventually have to ask the same tough question that the US has faced: do we want to defend the right of lone parents to choose not to work, or do we really want to reduce the levels of welfare dependency?