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JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN POPULATION ASSOCIATION, May-November 1999, Vol. 16, N?s 1/2
CARMICHAEL, Gordon; MASON, Christine.
Consensual partnering in Australia: A review and 1991 Census profile. Part 2: Other socio-demographic, socio-economic and geographic characteristics.
This paper is the second in a two-part examination of consensual partnering in Australia. The first part reviewed relevant literature and the deficiencies of census data for capturing the cohabiting population, and presented the basic demography of that population. This part extends the 1991 Census profile of the phenomenon. It traverses socio-demographic (religion and ethnicity), socio-economic (housing, labour force status, occupation and education) and geographic (residential mobility and residential location) attributes of those in consensual unions. It also briefly compares never-married and ever-married cohabitors as two distinct subgroups of the cohabiting population.
(AUSTRALIA, CONSENSUAL UNION, COHABITATION, DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES).
English ? pp. 1-28.
G. Carmichael, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia; C. Mason, Demography Section, Australian Bureau of Statistics, PO Box 10, Belconnen ACT 2616, Australia.
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RUZICKA, Lado; CHOI, C. Y.
This paper reviews the incidence of youth suicide in Australia in comparison with other industrialized countries around the mid-1990s. It focuses on fatal suicides in Australia and records changes in suicide mortality levels and patterns since the 1950s. An attempt is made to estimate the global extent of the problem of suicidal behaviour (suicides plus attempted suicides). The discussion concentrates on the presumed factors associated with the recent epidemic of self-destruction among young Australian males: drug and alcohol abuse, and unemployment. Finally, some of the attempts at prevention of suicidal acts and their effectiveness are reviewed.
(AUSTRALIA, SUICIDE, YOUTH, MORTALITY DETERMINANTS, MORTALITY TRENDS).
English ? pp. 29-46.
L. Ruzicka, Major's Creek, Braidwood, NSW 2622, Australia; C. Y. Choi, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, GPO Box 570, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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HOWE, Andrew.
Assessing the accuracy of Australia's small-area population estimates.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides population estimates of Statistical Local Areas annually. The accuracy of these estimates can be assessed after population estimates are rebased after each quinquennial Census of Population and Housing, however there appears to be no straight forward method of assessing these estimates. Errors that occur with population estimates can be attributed to several factors, both broad and specific to individual areas. These factors include inherent characteristics of the region, such as population size and growth rate; changes in the geographic boundaries; quality of input data; estimation method; and adjustments to control totals (state populations).
(AUSTRALIA, POPULATION ESTIMATES, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, QUALITY OF DATA, REGIONAL DEMOGRAPH)Y.
English ? pp. 47-64.
A. Howe, Small Area Population Unit, Australian Bureau of Statistics, GPO Box 2272, Adelaide 5001, Australia.
andrew.howe@abs.gov.au.
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JENNINGS, Vic; LLOYD-SMITH, Bill; IRONMONGER, Duncan.
Household size and the Poisson distribution.
Household size distributions for 104 countries are examined. It is shown that a Poisson distribution truncated at zero can be used to derive models of household size distribution. An improved fit is obtained by adding a linear term to the truncated Poisson model. This distribution depends only on average household size which in turn is shown to be related to modified dependency ratios. This method can be used for comparisons of household size distributions across nations and for long-term forecasting.
(HOUSEHOLD SIZE, POISSON?S LAW, STOCHASTIC MODELS, METHODOLOGY).
English ? pp. 65-84.
V. Jennings, B. Lloyd-Smith and D. Ironmonger, Households Research Unit, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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