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Jennifer Baxter

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Parental time with children: Do job characteristics make a difference?

To contribute to our understanding of how paid work and family time interact, this paper examines how characteristics of parental paid employment are associated with differences in parent-child time

The sources of time pressure: work, family and more

This article takes a look at who is experiencing time pressure, and also what reasons people give for that time pressure

Breastfeeding and infants' time use

Being breastfed during infancy is known to improve developmental outcomes, but the pathways by which this occurs remain unclear

Diverse families making a difference

This facts sheet is about the diverse range of families in which Australians live and the diverse ways in which they provide support to one another

Home-to-school transitions for financially disadvantaged children

This report focuses on children's readiness for school, considering the role of families, schools and communities as facilitators and inhibitors

Timing of mothers' return to work after childbearing: Variations by job

Maternal employment rates are lowest in the first year of a child's life, as women leave or take a break from employment to care for an infant

Mothers and fathers with young children: paid employment, caring and wellbeing

The paper examines how the use of child care, the time parents spend with children, and parental wellbeing relate to parental employment

Australians working together: evaluation of the impact of activity requirements for parenting payment customers on their children aged 13–15 years

Since September 2003 the Parenting Payment recipients whose youngest child is 13 to 15 years old have been reuired to undertake one or more activities (such as job search, education, training or community work) to develop and enhance their work skills and prepare them for a return to work

The employment dynamics of women with not-employed partners

Labour force data shows that the employment rate of women who have not-employed partners is lower than partnered women with employed partners

Returning to work following childbearing in Australia

Women's employment is often disrupted to some extent by childbearing, with women taking time out of the labour force to care for young children, and often returning to work part-time to better manage the competing priorities of work and family

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