Do Australian parents want both a son and a daughter?

从20世纪90年代末开始，政策制定者更加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在高生育率和低生育率制度下生育率动态的理解。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别偏好的影响，有相当多的猜测，但支持这一点的证据喜忧参半。通过更深入地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。

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.