title: Things ain't what they used to be! Demography, mental cohorts, morality and values in post-war Australia.
abstract: This is the "presidential address to the Ninth Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association, Brisbane, 30 September 1998....  I propose to look back 50 or so years, at a period of demographic change in Australia that I have found intensely interesting, and that it is hard to imagine will be rivalled in extent or profoundness over the next half century." Aspects considered include morality and values--demographic evidence of change; broad changes in nuptiality and fertility; the sexual revolution; contraception; and life cycle changes.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001519:Behavior; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003267:Contraception; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008393:Marriage; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012945:Social Values
keywords: Australia; Behavior; Conferences And Congresses; Contraception; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Family And Household; Family Planning; Family Research; Fertility; Life Cycle; Nuptiality; Oceania; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Sex Behavior; Value Orientation