Seminar -Through the narrowing path: Changing social norms and becoming 'leftover' women in contemporary China
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Abstract This paper investigates how China’s rapid social changes in the past three decades have created the problematics of 'leftover' women and how these single, educated women experience conflicting gender expectations at different life stages over time. To turn 'culture and demography' from '…
Seminar - Trends of the elderly with disabilities and their need for rehabilitation services, 2006-2050: Implications for the future of China
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Disability may hinder people's full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others, and generally make the greatest demand on the health system and social welfare system which impacts most on older individuals. The burden of disability increased for caregivers as well as…
Seminar - Dual Care in Australia: Investigating the predictors and impacts of combining informal care with other child care responsibilities
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This is a PhD final seminar. Alice Falkiner is a PhD Candidate in the School of Demography.
Public lecture - Social patterns of mortality: A window on the world we live in
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Mortality is a social phenomenon, a measure and reflection of the deaths, and survival, of millions of people. Over the past 200 years or so, mortality has dramatically declined, probably for the first time in human history. The historical experience has been varied, with, in some cases, 50 percent…
Seminar - Secrets of survival: Why do some families with child disability break up while others stay together?
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This is a PhD mid-term seminar. Annemarie Ashton-Wyatt is a PhD Candidate in the School of Demography.
Afghan Migration Conference
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International Conference on Afghan Migration: Researching Aspirations, Movements, Demography & Integration This conference brings together researchers working on Afghan migration, with a particular emphasis on empirical research and policy implications. The conference seeks to place Afghan…