Below replacement fertility among Indigenous Australians: Course, Causes and Regional Variations

这项研究将加强关于澳大利亚土著生育率的知识基础，并为当前关于低生育率和老龄化的社会和经济后果的辩论提供及时的贡献。 通过聘请一名早期职业研究人员和一名土著研究生，它将扩大澳大利亚在被忽视的研究领域对当前和未来土著人口动态的研究能力。 它将确保充分利用公共开支收集土著社会和人口数据。 通过扩大与国际研究人员的联系，它将使澳大利亚站在全球努力了解土著人口转变的最前沿。

This research will enhance the knowledge base on Indigenous Australian fertility and provide a timely contribution to current debate about the social and economic consequences of low fertility and ageing. By engaging an early career researcher and an Indigenous research student, it will expand Australia's research capability on current and future Indigenous population dynamics in what has become a neglected area of research. It will ensure that full use is made of public expenditure on the collection of Indigenous social and demographic data. By extending linkages with researchers internationally, it will place Australia at the forefront of global efforts to understand Indigenous demographic transition.