title: Aboriginal fertility:  trends and prospects.
abstract: "The purpose of the paper is firstly to review the evidence about levels and trends of Aboriginal birth rates [in Australia], and attempt an assessment of future directions, and secondly to analyse some of the factors differentiating the fertility of groups of Aboriginal women.  In particular, the role of education of young women in determining recent changes in Aboriginal fertility levels will be highlighted."  Data are from the 1981 and 1986 Australian censuses.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005298:Fertility; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Australia; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Differential Fertility; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Fertility; Indigenous Population; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status