Commissioned report Oct 2016
Children living in “complex” households
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Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.
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Commissioned report Oct 2016
Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.
Commissioned report Jul 2017
Report on the current state of knowledge on the impact of domestic and family violence (DFV) on parenting.
Resource sheet Aug 2023
Information about who is required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect to government child protection authorities
Resource sheet Aug 2021
Outlines recent research literature and discusses the use and effects of corporal punishment on children
Media release Oct 2020
Young adult men are drinking alcohol at riskier levels than older men, and adolescent males are carrying early drinking habits with them into adulthood, according to research released today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS).
Family Matters article Jun 2015
This article explores the lived experience of having a sibling with a problematic substance use issue, and how this affects the adult sibling relationship.
Family Matters article Jun 2015
In this article, we report on responses to questions about the appropriateness of three particular care-time parenting arrangements in situations in which a parent is currently "threatening or violent towards the other parent after separation".
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article on parent-only care
Webinar Jun 2020
A Families in Focus webinar In this webinar Angela Lynch AM explored the challenges COVID-19 are creating for the family violence legal and service system.
Research programs
Through an extensive and long-standing research program AIFS has examined a range of separation and family law-related issues.