Do Australian parents want both a son and a daughter?

澳大利亚父母想要儿子和女儿吗？

• 批准号: DP0558818
• 负责人: Prof Edith Gray
• 金额: $ 5.84万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0558818
• 关键词: Do; Australian; parents; want; both

From the late 1990s, policy makers became more aware of the importance of fertility in influencing population age structure and growth rates in Australia. The proposed project will augment our understanding of fertility dynamics both current, and over high and low fertility regimes. It will also highlight an important factor in fertility decision-making. There is considerable speculation on the impact of shifting gender-role attitudes on sex preference, but evidence supporting this is mixed. By developing a deeper understanding of the factors influencing progression to having more children we will be better able to predict fertility trends and provide support to Australian parents.

从1990年代后期开始，决策者越来越意识到生育率在影响澳大利亚人口年龄结构和增长率方面的重要性。拟议的项目将增进我们对当前以及高生育率和低生育率制度下的生育动态的了解。它还将突出生育决策中的一个重要因素。关于性别角色态度的转变对性偏好的影响有很多猜测，但支持这一点的证据好坏参半。通过深入了解影响生育更多孩子的因素，我们将能够更好地预测生育趋势，并为澳大利亚父母提供支持。