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Fertility desires and fertility outcomes

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Over the last 30 years Australian fertility rates have fallen more than could have been predicted from changes in the numbers of children desired by women when they first married. This paper charts changes in desired and completed fertility in Australia, matches originally desired fertility with that ultimately achieved and explores some factors which may affect the relation between fertility desires and fertility outcomes.

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  1. Australian Family Project Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, ACT 2601, Canberra, Australia

    Michael Bracher

  2. Health Transition Centre National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Australia

    Gigi Santow

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Bracher, M., Santow, G. Fertility desires and fertility outcomes. Journal of Population Research 8, 33–49 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029554

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