Measurement and explanation of family change in Australia in comparative perspective: a longitudinal approach

由于其他类似国家目前在使用家庭变化的纵向分析方面处于领先地位，这里提出的澳大利亚研究将为澳大利亚与家庭相关的政策和计划的有效性提供更好的比较视角。基于静态分析的政策更为有限，因为它认为人们的家庭生活是静态的，而现实是动态的。我们对澳大利亚这种活力的原因和后果知之甚少。如果政策要使人们能够作出选择，从而走上自力更生和支持性家庭结构的积极道路，这种理解是必不可少的。

As other similar countries are now well-advanced in the use of longitudinal analysis of family change, the Australian research proposed here will provide a better comparative view of the efficacy of Australian policies and programs related to families. Policy based on static analysis is more limited because it conceives people's family lives as being static where the reality is dynamic. We have little understanding of the causes and consequences of this dynamism in Australia. Such an understanding is essential if policy is to enable people to make choices that lead to positive pathways to self reliance and supportive family structures.