Family Matters article Apr 2001
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Searching for family resilience
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Family Matters article Apr 2001
Women's and men's consciousness of shortcomings in marital relations, and of the need for change
This paper is a preliminary report of findings from the Melbourne Marriage Survey, which examined the perceptions of a sample of currently married men and women.
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Family Matters article Sep 2000
Marriage celebrant reform
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Family Matters article Sep 2000
Children? No children? Effects of changing personal relationships on decisions about having children
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Family Matters article Mar 2000
How partners in long-term relationships view marriage
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Research report Nov 2013
The tyrannies of distance and disadvantage
This research report investigates whether children in regional areas experience a "tyranny of distance" or a "tyranny of disadvantage".
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Media release Aug 2018
Fathers’ work-life balance affects children’s mental health
Recent research by AIFS and the Australian National University shows that fathers' work-life balance impacts on children's mental health. While the ability of mothers to juggle work and family commitments has long been known to affect children, the survey of 2496 families shows dads’ work matters too. Dads report wanting to be there more for their children, but their work often doesn't allow them to do so.
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Media release Sep 2018
Welfare dependence - cause or symptom of disadvantage?
The Australian Institute of Family Study’s submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence ‘highlights the importance of service systems that are responsive to the needs of vulnerable families – and the particular value of coordinated, responsive systems in the context of communities that experience high levels of social and economic disadvantage’.
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Commissioned report Dec 2013
What works to improve Indigenous health?
Reviews evidence relating to improving Indigenous outcomes across a range of key social and economic health and welllbeing.