Parenting and guardianship
Alternative labels
Parenting skills
Report
Rainbow family formation and dissolution in Australia
This review found a diverse and exciting field of scholarship, that while not as extensive as its heterosexual counterpart, provides some clear insight into the contemporary experiences of rainbow family formation in Australia.
Report
Doing better for vulnerable young parents and their children: an exploration of how technology could catalyse system transformation
The aim of this project was to explore the service and information needs of vulnerable young parents who are the beneficiaries of social services and welfare programs.
Technical report
Parenting today in Victoria: technical report - October 2019
This technical report sets out the background, methodology and findings from the 2019 administration of the Parenting Today in Victoria Survey, involving 2600 parents of children, birth through 18 years.
Report
Parenting arrangements after separation: evidence summary
Over the past ten years, the Australian Institute of Family Studies has conducted several large-scale studies involving nationally representative samples of separated parents. This paper highlights the findings relating to parenting arrangements after separation.
Working paper
Intergenerational transmission of disadvantage in Australia
This paper provides an overview of the Australian evidence on the extent to which socioeconomic disadvantage is transmitted from one generation to the next. While there is a large literature on the intergenerational transmission of education, occupation and social status, the focus here is on disadvantage as seen through the lens of income (earnings) and...