Demographic consequences of the "Closing the Gap" Indigenous policy in Australia

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2012

Authors

Taylor, John
Biddle, Nicholas

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Kluwer Academic Publishers

Abstract

The demography of Indigenous Australians is distinguished from that of other Australians by relatively high mortality and fertility leading to very different composition by age. This is beginning to change as movement towards a convergence in vital rates

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Keywords: demographic transition; demographic trend; fertility; indigenous population; mortality; policy making; socioeconomic conditions; Australia Demographic dividend; Demographic transition; Indigenous Australians; Population projections

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Population Research and Policy Review

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Journal article

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2037-12-31