Research Digest

Descriptive study drawing upon pooled data from 12 consecutive Crime Victimisation Australia surveys from financial years 2008/09 to 2019/20. [Karen Freeman – NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics [...]

The current design of parental leave policies in the 21 European countries does not allow for a true assessment of the potential of leave schemes to influence the within-household division of [...]

The magnitude of this association varies depending on access to financial support for participation in education. Adolescents who receive educational allowances and who live in countries with [...]

The quality of the relationship with parents changed, often in a negative way. Different interpretations of and approaches to the rules led to frustration and quarrelling in families. [Inge [...]

Gender and socioeconomic inequalities in parents’ psychological wellbeing increased among the study participants during the pandemic. [Jianghong Li, Mareike Bünning, Till Kaiser and Lena Hipp [...]

Reconstituted households tend to be poorer, which is associated with worse behavioral and developmental outcomes. [Alba Lanau – Journal of Family Issues, 24 November 2021.] READ MORE

The main impact of the policy has been to reduce incomes among larger families who are already living on a low income, and hence to increase child poverty. [Mary Reader, Jonathan Portes and Ruth [...]

This report offers unique insight into the extent of the learning crisis by providing an in-depth picture of which children are most at risk of not acquiring foundational learning skills.  [...]

Environmental behavior and awareness differ according to the household composition, income and educational structure of families. [Andreas Edel, Susanne Höb, Nadine Vera Mair, Tobias Riepl, Erich [...]

The relationship between social media use and life satisfaction changes across adolescent development. [Amy Orben, Andrew K. Przybylski, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and Rogier A. Kievit – Nature [...]