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Recent trends and patterns in fertility in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

W. D. Borrie
W. D. Borrie
Affiliation:
The Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Box 4 G.P.O., Canberra, A.C.T.
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Summary

The fall in the birth rate in Australia, from 23·6 per 1000 population in 1946 to 19·4 in 1967 is analysed according to various biosocial factors: the age composition of the female population and the age incidence of marriage in relation to it, the timing of births, the size of completed family and the overall effect of the variables.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 57 - 70
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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