effects of work and home life for four youth in transition cohorts.

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Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

ACEReSearch ACEReSearch

LSAY Research Reports Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY)

9-1-1998

Well-being among young Australians: effects of work and home Well-being among young Australians: effects of work and home life for four youth in transition cohorts.

life for four youth in transition cohorts.

Nicole Fleming ACER

Follow this and additional works at: https://research.acer.edu.au/lsay_research Part of the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons Recommended Citation

Recommended Citation

Fleming, N. (1998). Well-being among young Australians: effects of work and home life for four youth in transition cohorts.. https://research.acer.edu.au/lsay_research/12

This Report is brought to you by the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) at ACEReSearch. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSAY Research Reports by an authorized administrator of ACEReSearch. For more information, please contact [email protected].

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Research Report Number 6

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Nicole Fleming Gary N. Marks

This report forms part of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth:

a research program that is financially supported by the

Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

September 1998

Australian Council for Educational Research

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