Ethnic statistics and racial politics in Britain from Enoch Powell to Big Data
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For over sixty years, the British government has struggled with how to count migrant populations. Uncertainties over immigration statistics have been at the heart of public debates from Brexit to the controversies over colonial migration in the 1950s. This paper explores how state statistics in…
Teenage mothers in the UK and France: Who are they and what accounts for their comparatively higher prevalence in the UK?
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The United Kingdom stands out among Western European countries for its childbearing at very young ages (during adolescence). The level of teenage fertility in the UK being double of that observed in France. The object of this presentation is firstly to present trends in teenage fertility in the two…
Women’s gender role attitudes and fertility intentions of having a second child: Survey findings from Shaanxi Province of China
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Traditional gender role attitudes, which were closely related with son preference, exerted entrenched influence on Chinese women’s fertility intentions and behaviours. In recent years, in spite of women’s employment characteristics and educational attainment having caught up with that of men,…
PhD seminars
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Time Title of presentation and presenter 1:30 - 2:10pm Pathways to employment for young people in Indonesia PhD mid-term seminar Reiko Okumura-Rougeaux 2:10 - 2:50pm Bridges to social inclusion for the Pacific Islander young people in the ACT: Education,…
Seminar - Separated mothers who are liable for child support in Australia: Does gender matter?
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This is a PhD final seminar. Maria Vnuk is a PhD candidate in the School of Demography.
Seminar - Provision of care and exchange of support among older persons in the Philippines
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This is a PhD mid-term seminar. Jeofrey Abalos is a PhD candidate in the School of Demography.
Public lecture - Adolescent health and wellbeing in Africa: What do we know and what next? Reflections from a Kenyan perspective
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Presented by School of Demography, ANU College of Arts & and Social Sciences and National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment Abstract Adolescence—a period characterized by rapid physical, mental and social changes—is a life…