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Australian Institute of Family Studies

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AIFS
Article

Recovering from relationship breakdown: public policy and repartnering


Relationship breakdown has economic costs: one household is split into two, and its income is also divided.
Report

Family law court filings 2004-05 to 2012-13


This report sheds light on the impact on court filings of the 2006 reforms that encouraged greater use of non-court based mechanisms for resolving parenting disputes and the 2009 reforms that brought post-separation property division laws and processes for de facto couples into line with those for married couples. Introduction This research report provides an...
Fact sheet

Settlement experiences of recently arrived humanitarian migrants


Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) is a longitudinal study of at least five years that aims to better understand the factors that aid or hinder the successful settlement of humanitarian migrants, and provide an evidence base to inform policy and program development.
Report

Imputing income in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children


This paper explains why imputing missing income data is of benefit to Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and shows how two techniques have been used in combination to impute this income data. Introduction Income is one of the most important pieces of economic information collected in Growing Up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian...
Discussion paper

Supporting children living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: practice principles


Knowledge and understanding, as well as well-coordinated cross-sector initiatives, will be needed to reduce the impact of FASD on children's lives.