Skip navigation
Skip navigation
New Open Research Repository launching soon. This site will be offline from 5 to 9pm, Monday 20 May, while the new site goes live!

Contemporary fertility patterns in Australia: first data from the 1996 Census

Download (130.42 kB)

McDonald, Peter

Description

The results of the 1996 Census show that levels of fertility are falling for almost all categories of women and for women as a whole. Most young women would like to have at least two children but economic and social circumstances force them to curtail their preferences. Very low fertility is not in Australia’s interests. The solution lies not in forcing women out of the workforce but in supporting them in their desire to combine work and family.

dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2003-05-09
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T15:38:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:48:49Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T15:38:51Z
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:48:49Z
dc.date.created1998
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/41453
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/41453
dc.description.abstractThe results of the 1996 Census show that levels of fertility are falling for almost all categories of women and for women as a whole. Most young women would like to have at least two children but economic and social circumstances force them to curtail their preferences. Very low fertility is not in Australia’s interests. The solution lies not in forcing women out of the workforce but in supporting them in their desire to combine work and family.
dc.format.extent133549 bytes
dc.format.extent356 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/octet-stream
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.subjectfertility patterns
dc.subjectdemography
dc.subjectlow fertility
dc.subjectfertility trends
dc.subjectwomen and work
dc.subjectfamily
dc.titleContemporary fertility patterns in Australia: first data from the 1996 Census
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.refereedno
local.identifier.citationnumber1
local.identifier.citationpages1-12
local.identifier.citationpublicationPeople and Place
local.identifier.citationvolume6
local.identifier.citationyear1998
local.identifier.eprintid1283
local.rights.ispublishedyes
dc.date.issued1998
CollectionsANU Research Publications

Download

File Description SizeFormat Image
contem-fert.PDF130.42 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
Show simple item record


Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Updated:  17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer:  University Librarian/ Page Contact:  Library Systems & Web Coordinator