Parental marital status and children's wellbeing / Lixia Qu and Ruth Weston
- Bib ID:
- 6190673
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Qu, Lixia, author
- Online Version:
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- Description:
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- Canberra : Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 2012
- vi, 84 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781921975677
- Series:
- Occasional paper (Australia. Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) ; no. 46. 1839-2334
- Summary:
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This paper compares the wellbeing of children in married- and cohabiting-parent families. It examines the impact of cohabitation as a setting for raising children, by investigating the different family characteristics, parenting practices, inter-parent relationships, family stability and transitions, and socioeconomic characteristics of married and cohabiting parents, as well as single parent families. Data is taken from 'Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children' (LSAC), for families with young children over a four year period.
- Notes:
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- Prepared by Australian Institute of Family Studies for the Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 80-81)
- Also available online. Address as at 13/02/2013 :http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about-fahcsia/publications-articles/research-publications/occasional-paper-series/number-46-parental-marital-status-and-children-s-wellbeing
- Commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
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