Relatedness is a fundamental concept in genetics but is surprisingly hard to define in a
rigorous yet useful way. Traditional relatedness coefficients specify expected genome …

Between 2001 and 2008 Australia's total fertility rate increased from 1.73 to 1.96. This period
also saw changes to family benefits, most notably the introduction of a universal, flat-rate …

A recent investigation of the British General Household Survey (GHS) found substantial over-
reporting of childlessness in recent years, particularly at older ages. We examine the …

Little is known about whether and how trends in completed cohort fertility and lifetime
childlessness by education have changed over time. This study uses census data to …

In Australia, declining fertility among younger women is partly off-set by increasing fertility
among women over 30. Women born in 1971 are projected to have an average of 1.9 …

El artículo discute la pertinencia de los llamados indicadores refinados de fecundidad para
evaluar el nivel de la fecundidad en los países de América Latina. La principal ventaja de …

BACKGROUND Australia has remarkably detailed data on non-marital pregnancy dating
from 1908. They both offer insight into long-term trends in childbearing resulting from non …

Demographers measure and explain fertility at both the individual and the aggregate levels.
Individual level analysis makes use of standard statistical techniques with some measure of …

This research explores contemporary features of Indigenous fertility in the Northern Territory
of Australia, the country's third largest state with the smallest total population, but with the …

In Australia family forms have changed dramatically over the last 30 years. One of these
changes is the increase in the number of people who have children in more than one …