Using the ABS 1997 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, this paper examines the prevalence of mental health disorders for the unemployed, students, partnered women with children, unpartnered women with children, and people not in the labour force. Mental disorders are classified into...

The paper reports on the first phase of a two-part research project that aims to substantiate a new approach to describing the Australian population for social policy purposes. By analysing psychosocial factors that contribute to overall wellbeing, the researchers have developed ways of...

This project investigated the context in which relationship instability occurs, by examining the factors (at the individual, and the couple/family levels) that precede relationship dissolution within Australian families with children. The research considers whether mental health problems,...