Family Matters (1988-1992)
Family Matters is the research journal of the Australian Institute of Family Studies. It contains the latest Institute research and contributions from Australia's most respected social scientists, social policy analysts, service provider and research agencies. Prospective authors should read our Guidelines for Authors. All research papers are subject to a formal review process.
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Children's voices, Adults' choices
A safe place for children; family law and child protection; the right to know both parents; being young and unemployed;
adolescents and their parents - do they get on?
Living day to day: sharing the carin
Changing role of husbands and fathers; starting over: new families, new finances; stepfathers in children's lives; big business, small business, family business; families in the recession
Extended family in Australia
The family beyond the household; staying in touch after leaving home; how families communicate; families after marriage breakdown; what's new in family law
Issues for the 1990s
Unemployment; homeless families; economics - putting people first; marriage trends; child care, family care; family law; becoming adult; ageing - everybody's future
No. 26, 1990
Institute's 10th birthday
A decade of family change
No. 25, 1989
Grandparents and aging
Concerns for the 1990s
No. 23, 1989
Strenghtening families in the 1990s; childhood to adulthood - Circumstances of transition; ethic family structure
No. 24, 1989
The wellbeing of farm families; housing low income families; AIFS Family Research Centre
No. 22, 1988
Marital disruption and children; families in the future - the pursuit of personal autonomy; social costs of family violence
No. 21, 1988
Child poverty in Australia; buy now pay later - credit cards and low income families; mothers in the workforce