Australian Institute of Family Studies

Delivering quality research on family wellbeing

Next AIFS seminar

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Child sexual abuse research
In an effort to support the work of the Royal Commission into the Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia we have collated resources and information for victim/survivors of child sexual abuse, practitioners/service providers and those interested in finding out more about support services.

The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children Annual statistical report 2012
LSAC Annual Statistical Report: This is the third volume in the LSAC Annual Statistical Report series. It describes aspects of children's lives and development. It includes chapters on financial support for children after parental separation, care-time arrangements in separated families, intergenerational disadvantage, school non-attendance, after-school time, children's experience of unfriendly behaviour in school, children's allergies, physical activity and wellbeing of Indigenous children.
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Working out relationships
Australian Family Trends: This facts sheet describes and seeks to explain trends in the formation and prevalence of cohabiting and married unions, including transitions from cohabitation to registered marriage, and trends in relationship dissolution and childbearing in Australia over the last few decades.
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Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in Time
Family Matters No. 91: The articles of this edition of Family Matters are mainly based on presentations from the Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in Time Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children 2011 Conference.
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