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- Title
Changes in the timing of births in Melbourne, Australia.
- Authors
Khoo, Siew-Ean; Krishnamoorthy, S.; Khoo, S E
- Abstract
Two 10-year marriage cohorts from two surveys of married women in Melbourne were compared on their timing of the first and second births. The results showed that women who were married in the early 1970s were much more likely to delay their first birth until about the third or fourth year of marriage compared with women who married in the 1960s. However, there was no difference in the timing of their second birth in relation to the first birth between the two marriage cohorts. Women who delayed childbearing also preferred smaller families. Economic reasons were most frequently mentioned for delaying childbearing.
- Subjects
MELBOURNE (Vic.); VICTORIA; AUSTRALIA; HOUR of birth; CHILDBIRTH; MARRIED women; BIRTH intervals; FAMILY size; ECONOMIC impact; FAMILY planning; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EVALUATION research
- Publication
Journal of Biosocial Science, 1985, Vol 17, Issue 2, p235
- ISSN
0021-9320
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S0021932000015698