Research report Dec 1988
'Don't feel the world is caving in': Adolescents in divorcing families
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Monograph no. 6
Research report Dec 1988
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) Monograph no. 6
Media release Nov 2017
An estimated 6.8 million Australians are regular gamblers, spending money on one or more gambling activities in a typical month, according to new analysis by the Australian Gambling Research Centre (AGRC), part of the Australian Institute of Family Studies. AGRC manager, Dr Jennifer Baxter said that of regular gamblers, participation in lotteries was most common, followed by instant scratch tickets and playing the pokies.
Research report Aug 1989
This report provides a preliminary, mainly tabular view of data collected from a series of mail questionnaires.
Family Matters article Mar 2000
This overview of the Institute's Australian Divorce Transitions Project, which was conceptualised by the late Dr Kathleen Funder, sets out the aims of the project, and provides brief details of the project's three surveys - an 'adult survey', 'children's survey', and a 'violence survey'.
Webinar Sep 2015
This webinar described the effects of gambling in Indigenous communities, and discussed a health promotion framework to inform policy and practice.
Family Matters article Apr 2001
This article discusses 'Benefits for children: a four country study', a new international study which discusses and compares the child benefit programs of four countries: Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Research report Dec 1984
This paper gives a brief overview of the changing relationship between school and family in Australia
Policy and practice paper Jul 2007
Provides evidence of the potential benefits of the child-inclusion model in dispute resolution with two successful applications.
Short article Nov 2017
Violence against child protection workers has negative effects on their health and wellbeing, but more research is needed to understand its impacts.
Family Matters article May 2010
Family Matters article on economic consequences for single-parent families of child support and Welfare to Work reforms