International Workshop on Subnational Life Tables
Workshop
Hosted by the ANU School of Demography and the Human Mortality Database team, this workshop focused on mortality at the subnational level, with particular interest in studies using country-specific databases related to the Human Mortality Database (HMD). Presentations Links for other…
The Role of Context in Work Family Challenges and the Implications for Children’s Development
Seminar
Achieving a balance between work and family is an issue for family and child well‑being. Some families may be disproportionately affected by work‑family challenges, and this may exacerbate disadvantage for vulnerable children. This thesis investigates variation by socio‑demographic characteristics…
Continuity and change in Chinese marriage
Seminar
Family change in China over the past few decades has been characterised by a trend towards later marriage, greater marital instability, and increases in non-marital pregnancy and unmarried cohabitation. At the same time, many other features of Chinese marriage patterns have changed very little.…
Higher Education and Youth Migration in the Context of Human Development in Indonesia
Seminar
Presented as part of the School of Demography seminar series As a country that currently focus on accelerating its human capital development, Indonesia faces challenges in regards to imbalanced distribution of its highly-educated population across regions. Since the highly-educated population are…
Tracking progress in mean longevity: The Lagged Cohort Life Expectancy (LCLE) approach
Seminar
Cohort life expectancy is an important but rarely used indicator of mean longevity. In this paper, we show that there are specific advantages in lagging this indicator in time by its own value, an approach termed Lagged Cohort Life Expectancy (LCLE). We discuss the usefulness of LCLE as an…
What is wrong with demographic theory today?
Seminar
It is a common observation that demography, as a field of inquiry, is weak on theory. For many researchers this is not a serious problem, but for those looking for a scientific explanation of how national populations operate as ‘enduring collectivities’ (Samuel Preston), it is. This presentation…
Cross-sectional average length of life by parity: Example using the US data
Seminar
High-income countries experienced significant fertility changes since the middle of 20th century. Traditionally researchers measure the fertility changes by utilising total fertility rate, mean age at childbirth, and parity progression ratio in cohort and period perspectives. However, the cohort…