The HILDA Survey has provided an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the
determinants and consequences of family formation and dissolution in Australia. This review …

This chapter provides an overview of recent trends in divorce and relationship dissolution in
Australian society. It commences by describing historical and contemporary trends in …

Interest in rising rates of marriage dissolution has been accompanied by curiosity
concerning structural as well as temporal predictors of dissolution. Many factors may play a …

Ian Pool is known for his attention to social inequalities as revealed by demographic
indicators. In Australia, since the turn of the century, marriages and divorces have stabilised …

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Australia experienced increased prosperity,
albeit punctuated by the global financial crisis. This decade also saw the introduction or …

The project reported on here is in its early stages, and indeed for reasons unforseen is less
advanced than had been anticipated when the paper was offered. It seeks to enhance …

Family formation in New Zealand has undergone major changes over the last 100 years,
particularly since the end of the Second World War. The broad trends and patterns in New …

As the new millennium and century begin, it is appropriate to reflect on the transformation of
family formation patterns that has occurred in Australia in the latter decades of the 1900s …

Marriage breakdown through separation and divorce is a pervasive feature of Australian
society. But little research investigates the social factors associated with marital breakdown …

The past century has seen striking changes in family formation in Ireland. Family dynamics
are fundamental aspects of social change, but they have been neglected by social research …