Life on a Low Income
This paper examines the nature and characteristics of the low-income lifestyle, and also looks at the impact of unemployment and poverty on family life and relationships.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1996

The Relationship Between Family Life and Young People's Lifestyles
This paper explores the impact of family life and structure on educational, social, and health outcomes for adolescents.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • April 01, 1996

The Impact of Mothers' Employment on Family Relationships
This paper looks at couples' perceptions of the impact maternal employment has on their relationship with each other and with their children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 2003

The Family Lives of Young People
This article examines the family lives of young people and finds that, on the whole, most adolescents have positive family relationships.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • March 01, 2001

Parental Supervision: The Views and Experiences of Young People and their Parents
This report discusses the level and nature of parental supervision of their adolescent children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • March 2005

Canadaian Families and the Internet
This report highlights the results of a telephone survey examining the use of the Internet by families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Royal Bank of Canada • January 23, 2002

The Centre for Social Justice Green Paper on the Family
This report examines the role of healthy families in helping society prosper.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Centre for Social Justice • January 2010

Fitness of Canadian Adults: Results from the 2007-2009 Health Measures Survey
This article is an examination of fitness tests which show that many adult Canadians face health risks due to their suboptimal fitness levels.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Statistics Canada • January 2010

Seven Ages of Man and Woman: A Look at Life in Britain in the Second Elizabethan Era
This report uses Shakespeare's "formula" of the seven ages of man to explore the patterns and stages of life from infancy to old age in contemporary Britain.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Economic and Social Research Council • 2004

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Human Resources Development Canada • June 01, 2003

Documenting Changing Family Patterns in South Africa: Are Censis Data of any Value?
This article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of research about changing family patterns in South Africa.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa • 2001

Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study
This paper describes findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study, which observed adults who were placed in foster care as children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Casey Family Programs • March 14, 2005

Caring Before their Time? Research and Policy Perspectives on Young Carers
This report explores the characteristics, needs, and experiences of children and young people who provide care to parents or other close relatives who are chronically ill or disabled.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Barnardos' National Children's Resource Centre, The Children’s Research Centre • 2004

The Changing Face of Parenting: Exploring the Attitudes of Parents in Contemporary Australia
This report outlines issues of concern to parents in contemporary society and explores changes to parenting attitudes and practices over time.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Childhood Foundation • April 2005

Family Violence and Personal Safety: Women in Nova Scotia Part 3 of a Statistical Series
This paper examines spousal assault, violence, spousal homicide, and incidence of police reporting as well as women’s education, family life, paid and unpaid work, income and poverty.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status on Women • 2001

Australian Social Trends 1999: Work - Unpaid Work: How Couples Share Domestic Work
This article examines Australian statistics on how couples divide household chores, and how much time each gender spends doing domestic work.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

The Importance of Family Dinners
This paper examines the relationship between family dinners and adolescent substance use.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse • September 2010

Portraits of Fathers
This study of fatherhood in Canada addresses issues such as the unique role of the father in the family and the impact that their absence or presence has on their families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Vanier Insitute of the Family • 2002

Fathers, Work and Family Life
This paper examines common views on the roles and responsibilities of fathers in regards to employment, caregiving, and providing financially for their families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1999

Youth Violence: An Overview
This brief paper gives an overview of youth crime and violence in the US, including a discussion of the prevalence, causes, and preventions of juvenile delinquency.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Center for Research on Youth and Social Policy • December 1994

Domestic Violence
This paper explores the nature of domestic violence in Australia, looking at the extent of the problem, the costs, community attitudes, and characterstics of victims and offenders.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Criminology • April 1989

Promotion of Family Wellness and Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Which Programs are Effective?
This information sheet presents the results of a study that examined 56 programs designed to prevent child maltreatment and enhance family well-being.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare • 2004

Children as Victims of Homicides
This paper identifies patterns in the causes of death in child homicide cases, and the circumstances surrounding such incidents.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Criminology • March 01, 1996

Millennium Cohort Study: Family Demographics
This paper is the second instalment of a longitudinal study examining the home situation of children in the United Kingdom.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education , University of London • June 2007

Eldercare: What we know today
This study profiles the lives of caregivers aged 45 and over who provide care for seniors.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Statistics Canada • October 21, 2008

Parent-Teen Relationships and Interactions: Far More Positive Than Not
This research brief reveals most adolescents experience positive relationships with their parents.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Trends • December 2004

Background for Community-Level Work on Social Competency in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper discusses adolescent social development and the association between peer, family, individual, and community factors and good social skills and relationships.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation • December 2001

The Father Presence Questionnaire: A New Measure of the Subjective Experience of Being Fathered
This study introduces a new social science measure called the Father Presence Questionnaire (FPQ).
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Mens Studies Press • March 22, 2006

Incarcerated Fathers Returning Home to Children and Families: Introduction to the Special Issue and a Primer on Doing Research with Men in Prison
This study examined fathers' re-entry into family life following a period of incarceration.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Mens Studies Press • September 22, 2005

Youth Survey 2002
This paper discusses the prevalence of youth crime in the United Kingdom including trends in offenses, outcomes for juvenile offenders, and explanations for adolescent involvement in criminal activities.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Youth Justice Board • 2002

Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 1994

Stress In America
This survey explored the amount and type of stress Americans experience as well as its effects on their health, work and relationships.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• American Psychological Association • October 24, 2007

CBBC Newsround Survey- Children's Lifestyles
This BBC survey of 1,000 children ages 6-12 asked children various questions about what life is like for them today.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• CBBC • December 3, 2007

Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol
This paper is a guide to help parents discuss alcohol with their youth.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism • 2002

What's at the Heart of the Canadian Family?
This study asked roughly 4000 Canadians at different life stages about their perceptions of family life today.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Institute of Marriage and Family Canada • September 20, 2007

The Role of the Family in Democracy: Obstacle or Necessity?
This paper discusses democracy and the family, and looks at how these two roads intersect in terms of parental authority, educational autonomy and definition of family.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • 1997

Background for Community Level Work on Educational Adjustment in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper looks at students' educational adjustment by examining academic performance, achievement motivators, school engagement, and educational goals and expectations.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Trends • December 2001

The Street Lifestyle Study
This paper explores the precursors to adopting a street lifestyle as a teen and looks at negative peer influences, conflicting child-parent values, experiences of domestic violence or abuse, and bullying.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Health Canada • 1997

Homeschooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream
This paper briefly discusses the basics and background of homeschooling and its impact on public policy, as well as the academic and social performance of homeschooled children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Fraser Institute • 2001

Multi-Level Effects on Behavior Outcomes in Canadian Children
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to compare the respective impact neighbourhood and family effects have on children’s physical and indirect forms of aggression.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Human Resources Development Canada • May 01, 2001

Australian Social Trends 1995: Family - Family Functioning: Family Support
This article provides a statistical overview of family life in Australia including parental involvement, time spent with children, care of elderly parents, and financial support for children living at home or on their own.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 05, 2001

Australian Social Trends 2001: Income and Expenditure - Income Distribution: Value of Unpaid Work
This article uses Australian statistics to estimate the economic value of unpaid work such as housework and domestic duties.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • May 20, 2002

Effects of Neighbourhood, Family, and Child Behavior on Childhood Injury in Canada
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examines (1) how the relationship between family function and child injuries are mediated by parent and child behaviour, (2) whether family economic status or neighbourhood disadvantage are more strongly related to child injury, and (3) the developed model’s ability to predict child injury in two years.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Human Resources Development Canada • March 01, 2001

Social Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being: A Profile of Six State Systems
This study looks at programs in six states that use social indicators, such as health and education, to evaluate the welfare of children and families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

Orbitofrontal Cortex Tracks Positive Mood in Mothers Viewing Pictures of their Newborn Infants
Neurologists in this study found that first-time mothers, when presented with pictures of their infants, exhibited more brain activity in the frontal cortex of the brain responsible for the function of mood and emotion than when presented with pictures of unfamiliar infants.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Elsevier Inc. • February 2004

The Assets of Canadian Families, 1997
This paper examines families involved with family service agencies, and assesses the positive changes that are occurring as a result of these services.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • April 01, 1999

The Role of Parents in Children's Psychological Development
This article discusses three ways that parents affect their children's psychological development: direct interaction, emotional identification, and transmission of family stories.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• American Academy of Pediatrics • July 1999

Describing the Structure and Needs of Families in South Africa: Towards the Development of a National Policy Framework for Families
This report contains a compilation of data pertaining to South African families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child, Youth and Family Development Research Programme of the HSRC • September 2004

Family Time
This paper highlights significant gaps that remain in the measurement and study of the time families spend together.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • 2004

Stress and Child Abuse
This book chapter examines the relationship between stress and violence within the family.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• University of Chicago Press • 1987

Family Patterns and Primary Prevention of Family Violence
This book chapter explores the ways family dynamics contribute to family violence, and it highlights some of the drawbacks of an approach to preventing family violence that focuses primarily on individual-level factors.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Transaction Publishers • 1990

Children as Witnesses to Marital Violence: A Risk Factor for Lifelong Problems Among a Nationally Representative Sample of American Men and Women
This study examines the prevalence of children's exposure to domestic violence and discusses the potential long-term consequences of this exposure.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Ross Laboratories • September 1992

Child, Maternal, and Family Characteristics Associating with Spanking
This article presents statistical information relating to maternal use of corporal punishment in the United States and examines variations in this pattern by age, socio-economic status, gender, marital status, race, religion, geographic location, and community characteristics.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Family Relations • April 1995

Family Support Services in Australia 2000
This report provides detailed information pertaining to the funding and delivery of family support services in Australia's various jurisdictions.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2001

Parents Under Pressure
This reports presents statistical information about Irish families and offers data demonstrating that many families face significant social and economic hardship.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The National Children's Resource Centre, Barnardos • 2002

Taking Stock of Risk Factors for Child/Youth Externalizing Behaviour Problems
This book explores a number of risk factors and process which contribute to child and adolescent behavioural problems, including peer influences, social and family environments, schools and communities.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• National Institute of Mental Health • November 2001

Electronic Media and the Family
This paper takes an extensive look at the prevalence and type of media in the home, how it affects family life and interaction, and how it influences child and youth development and behaviour.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Vanier Institute of the Family • 1998

Family Planning and Women's Lives in Rural China
This article discusses the effect that the pressures of China's one-child policy and the social preference for sons has on rural women.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 2004

The Impact of Parental Death on Children
This brief paper examines the impact of parental death on children, and explores their reactions and responses according to age.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Ohio State University Extension • 2001

Legal Services Commission Annual Report 2001/02
This paper discusses the Commission's concerns over the continuing rise in family and social welfare law costs, as well as its objectives to help families and children get quality legal services and access to justice.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• TSO (The Stationery Office) • July 10, 2003

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in the District of Columbia: Focus Group Report
This paper presents information from a number of focus groups on the social, legal, familial, health and financial problems faced by grandparents who are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• AARP • November 2003

Income and Child Well-Being: A New Perspective on the Poverty Debate
This paper examines the relationship between poverty and child development and looks at how family income impacts child health, behaviour, social interactions, academic performance, and involvement in recreational activities.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Canadian Council on Social Development • 1999

Effects of Divorce on Mental Health Through the Life Course
This paper provides evidence that the experience of parental divorce as a child can have a negative effect on individuals' mental health as adults.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Hopkins Population Center • February 1997

The Complexity of Fathers’ Parenting Responsibilities and Involvement with Nonresident Children
This paper examines the complexity of parenting for non-resident fathers, and looks at how the obligations and circumstances of these arrangements affect child support and visitation.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Population Studies Center • June 2001

Work and Family Life: Reciprocal Effects
Using data from the Australian Family Life Course Study, this paper investigates the balance between employment and family, and looks at the impact that each has on the other.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • Autumn 1999

The Demography of Parent-Child Contact
This chapter from, Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, examines the relationship between different patterns of child care, and certain demographic elements of separated or divorced parents.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Caring for an Aging Society
This paper looks at the impact of the aging population, particularly in regards to the effect it has on caregivers in Canada.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Statistics Canada • 2002

Americans Rank Strengthening Families As High Priority
This public opinion poll on the state of the family found that most Americans believe that the preservation of the family is critical for the future stability and prosperity of the United States.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Wirthlin Worldwide • August 2000

California's Children 2002
This fact sheet presents data on family issues in California, including child poverty, youth crime, childcare, health, welfare, and child abuse.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Child Welfare League • 2002

Children 2004: Vision, Action, Results
This fact sheet examines recent American statistics on the family, including those pertaining to child abuse, youth crime, child poverty, parental substance abuse, health, childcare, domestic violence, and foster care.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Welfare League of America • 2004

Making Children a National Priority 2002: Children, Youth, and Families in the United States
This fact sheet presents American national data on family issues, including foster care, adoption, parental substance abuse, child poverty, and welfare.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Welfare League of America • 2002

Children 2001-Creating Connected Communities: Policy, Action, Committment
This fact sheet provides American statistics on family issues, including those pertaining to child abuse, foster care, youth crime, child poverty, and parental substance abuse.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Welfare League of America • 2001

National Fact Sheet 2000
This fact sheet examines American statistics on the family, including those pertaining to child abuse, youth crime, child poverty, parental substance abuse, health, and foster care.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Welfare League of America • 2000

National Fact Sheet 2003-Making Children a National Priority: Children, Youth, and Family in the United States
This fact sheet provides American statistics on family issues such as foster care, childcare, welfare, mental health, youth crime, child poverty, homelessness, and parental substance abuse.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Child Welfare League of America • 2003

Fifty-Fifty Care
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, discusses child living arrangments after a divorce and examines the structure of and motivation behind joint custody.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Daytime-Only Contact
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, explores the prevalence of daytime-only custody provisions, and discusses why it is one of the most common post-divorce child care arrangements.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Holiday-Only Contact
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post-Separation Parenting Arrangements, discusses the issue of parental relocation after a divorce and the holiday-only child visitation arrangements.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Strengths in Families: Accentuating the Positive
This paper explores the definition, state, structure, and function of the family, as well as variations on the traditional family unit, including a discussion of stepfamilies, marriage relationships, and homosexual parenting.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 1998

Is There a Genetic Susceptibility to Engage in Criminal Activity?
This paper evaluates past research on the theory of genetic susceptibility to criminal behaviour and finds that, while genes appear to contribute to the development of antisocial behaviour (a precursor to criminal activity), it is unlikely that any one gene or combination of genes is responsible for a person's criminal activity.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Criminology • October 2003

Family Relationships and Intergenerational Exchange Later in Life
This paper examines intergenerational family relationships, including emotional and financial support, the care of elderly parents, and dependant children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • July 1998

Household Access to Microcredit and Child Work in Rural Malawi
This paper examines the relationship between household access to microcredit and child work in rural Malawi.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Institute for the Study of Labor • April 2005

Work-Life Balance in the New Millennium: Where are We? Where Do We Need to Go?
This report provides a “big picture” summary of research in the area of work-life balance changes in Canada between the years 1991 and 2001, and focuses on the repercussions of work-life conflict on the attitudes and outcomes of employees, employers, and society.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • October 23, 2001

Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections
This report provides statistical information on the characteristics and well-being of families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • September 13, 2004

Correlates of Family Routines in Head Start Families
This study examines the relationship between family routines and other phenomena that affect the family.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP) Collaborative • Spring 2004

The Nature of Adult Sibling Relationship Literature Review
This literature review examines the importance of the adult sibling relationship.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Children and Family Research Center • September 2002

Caregiving Environments of Kinship Care Literature Review
This paper reviews the available literature about kinship care.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Children and Family Research Center • July 2003

Critical Issues for Parents With Mental Issues and Their Families
This book examines the prevalence, repurcussions, prevention, and treatment of parental mental health problems in the US.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration • July 30, 2001

Balancing Your Life is Made Easier with Telecommuting
This article provides a brief summary of the number of people telecommuting as well as the advantages of telecommuting.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• National Center for Policy Analysis • March 22, 2004

Children and Welfare Reform: Highlights from Recent Research
This paper reviews existing research on the indirect impact that welfare reform has on children when their parents are recipients.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1996

The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This article aims to examine the long term effect on children due to the father's absence.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The National Center on Fathers and Families • August 01, 1995

'Bailey Park' or 'Greater Pottersville'?: The Natural Family in the 21st Century Suburb
In this paper the author addresses what he perceives to be some major myths about life in the suburbs, and offers suggestions for family strengthening in suburban neighbourhoods.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Family Research Council • March 31, 2003

Runaway/Thrownaway Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
This document presents statistics on the number and characteristics of children who have either run away from their homes or have been thrown out by a caregiver.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• U.S. Department of Justice • October 01, 2002

Distribution of Family Incomes Across Regions in Canada
Continuing the analysis of Zyblock’s paper “Why is Family Market Income Inequality Increasing in Canada? Examining the Effects of Aging, Family Formation, Globalization and Technology,” this paper examines the changes in family market income across Canada ...
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 1998

Parenting in Australian Families: A Comparative Study of Anglo,Torres Strait Islander, and Vietnamese Communities
This paper investigates the parenting practices of Australian families, and looks at how they are being influenced by social and cultural situations, beliefs and practices.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2000

Social Inequalities: 2000 Edition
This book examines the socio-economic status of families in the United Kingdom and looks at income, living arrangements, rates of employment and unemployment, academic achievement, poverty, health, and family structure.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Office for National Statistics • 2000

Australian Social Trends 1997: Family - Family Functioning: Families and Work
This article examines parental employment trends in Australia, and looks specifically at the hours worked and the implications of parental employment on the family.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • December 21, 2000

2001 Family Time Report: It's Time for Families
This report presents information regarding the quality and quantity of time that families spend together in the state of Washington, and discusses various factors that affect this time.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Families Northwest • November 01, 2001

The Positive Effects of Marriage: A Book of Charts
These charts highlight how the decline of marriage affects children and adults compared with the numerous benefits that marriage offers.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Heritage Foundation • April 01, 2002

Families in Later Life: Dimensions of Retirement
This paper explores the role of families and the impact of family relationships on retirement preparation, ease, and satisfaction.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • May 01, 1998

Young Families, Social Risk and the Role of Government
This paper discusses the increasing social, economic, and family related risks facing young families such as the challenge of parenting, and work-life balance.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • October 03, 2003

Alcohol and Parenting: The Effects of Maternal Heavy Drinking
This study is based on data collected through the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), and focuses on the impact heavy alcohol consumption has on mothers and their children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Research Summary: Families of Adult Prisoners
This paper presents statistical information relating to families who have a relative in prison, highlights some challenges and problems faced by these families, and outlines several programs and services available to them.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Family and Corrections Network • 1993

Stressful Family Lives: Child and Parent Well-Being
This paper assesses the level of stress families face based on food security, crowding, access to health care, and ability to make ends meet.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Urban Institute • June 01, 2000

Profiling Canada's Families II
This document contains comprehensive and detailed information pertaining to the contemporary Canadian family.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Vanier Institute of the Family • 1998

Strengthening the Role of Fathers in Families: Report on a Federal Conference
This report examines the importance of the father's role in his child's development as well as the necessity of a loving and nurturing family.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• National Center on Fathers and Families • May 03, 1996

Legal Services Commission Annual Report 2001/02
This paper discusses the Community Legal Service program, which improves access to justice for those most in need, such as families and children.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• TSO (The Stationery Office) • July 22, 2002

Families Left Behind: The Hidden Costs of Incarceration and Reentry
This paper studies the impact of parental criminality and incarceration on children and families.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• The Urban Institute Justice Policy Center • October 01, 2003

Growing up With Mom and Dad? The Intricate Family Life Courses of Canadian Children
This paper looks at the changing compositions and structures of Canadian families and examines the rise in cohabiting, single-parent, and blended households.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Statistics Canada • July 01, 1998

Home Is Where the Heart Is
This article discusses the work-family balance in an era where families are able to work from home.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • March 01, 2002

Social Policy, Gender Inequality, and Poverty
This article outlines the possible factors that influence poverty among Canadian women, specifically examining the effect that gender inequality and income security policies have on the economic insecurity of women and mothers.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• Status of Women Canada • February 01, 2001

Work-Life Balance: A Report to the Ministers Responsible for Labour in Canada
This report reviews the Canadian legislation pertaining to work-life balance, provides examples of government and community initiatives in this field, and discusses ways that employers in different sectors of the economy have addressed the work-life balance.
• Category: Family Relations > Family Life
• CAALL Ad Hoc Committee on Work-Life Balance • February 01, 2002