posted on 2017-05-04, 04:48authored byMeyer, Rachel
Australia’s total fertility rate is currently below replacement (at 1.74). Third and higher order births among those who do have children prevent it falling even lower. This article uses recent survey data to discover which Australians are having three or more children and to analyse whether they are likely to continue to do so.
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History
Date originally published
1999
Source
People and place, vol. 7, no. 3 (1999), p. 31-38. ISSN 1039-4788