Family Matters article Jun 1999
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
Strong families around the world
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Short article Sep 2020
Support during COVID-19 survey: What you told us
This short article summarises the findings from our Child, family and community welfare survey: Support during COVID-19.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 2011
Supporting couples across the transition to parenthood
Discussion of the factors affecting relationship satisfaction for new parents and the types of programs that can support the transition to parenthood.
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Family Matters article Jun 1999
The Australian Institute of Family Studies and the New National Families Strategy
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Family Matters article Jan 2008
The effectiveness of marriage and relationship education programs.
This article reports on a recent analysis of a large-scale survey in which lower odds of divorce were found to be associated with participation in a pre-marriage education program.
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
The legal system and de facto relationships
The author discusses the background to the Joint Select Committee on Certain Aspects of the Operation and Interpretation of the Family Law Act considering whether to extend the Family Law Act to cover disputes arising out of de facto relationships, and the implications of recognising such disputes.
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Research report Dec 1989
The social costs of inadequate literacy: A report for International Literacy Year
Commissioned by the International Literacy Year Secretariat
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
The UK Sure Start Program
This article describes the background to the UK's Sure Start early intervention program, looks at what it offers and what it aims to achieve, then reviews the early experience of program implementation to draw out some initial lessons for policy makers who may be thinking of developing similar initiatives.
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Family Matters article Dec 2002
Three facts about fertility
In this article evidence from 21 OECD countries is used to describe the recent trajectory of fertility change in advanced industrialised countries, to identify changes in the nature of the trade-offs between work and family and to establish which family friendly policy measures are most conducive to high levels of fertility.