Research report No. 11, 2004
'It's not for lack of wanting kids...'
A report on the Fertility Decision Making Project
by Ruth Weston, Lixia Qu, Robyn Parker and Michael Alexander
Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2004.
ISBN 0 642 39520 9. ISSN 1447-1469 (Print); 1477-1477 (Online).
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Contents
- Download part 1 of the report - PDF (2 MB)
- Introductory pages - Foreword; Acknowledgements - view in HTML
- Executive summary and Key findings - view in HTML
- 1. Introduction - view in HTML
- 2. Method and sample - view in HTML
- 3. Current parenting circumstances and aspirations - view in HTML
- 4. Aspirations about having children - view in HTML
- Download part 2 of the report - PDF (1.8 MB) (Figure 6.2b was amended on 31 January 2005)
- 5. Expectations of having children - view in HTML
- 6. Comparisons of fertility aspirations, expectations, and achievements - view in HTML
- Download part 3 of the report - PDF (2.5 MB)
- 7. Issues influencing fertility decisions - view in HTML
- 8. Summary and conclusions - view in HTML
- References - view in HTML
- Appendix
- Appendix part 1 - PDF (3.6 MB)
- Appendix part 2 - PDF (3.1 MB)
- Appendix part 3 - PDF (4 MB)