Childbearing within cohabiting unions in Australia: Trends, explanations and comparison

Cohabitation, delays in marriage and childbearing, and increases in divorce rates have had a profound effect on the demographic biographies of Australians over the past 35 years. This project aims to contribute to our understanding of modern family dynamics by exploring the relatively understudied area of childbearing within cohabitation. This project will contribute to a larger international study and will place Australia, and Australian researchers, at the forefront of family demography internationally, while also offering an invaluable backdrop against which a significant national demographic trend can be analysed and understood.