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Research Interests
Family Demography
My main area of research is family demography. I am currently involved
in researching the following areas:
- Repartnering
- Fertility decisions
- Parenting
- Men's involvement in family life
- Maternal employment
Other research interests
- Contraceptive use
- Use of longitudinal data
PhD
Dissertation title: 'Shared parenting in Australia? Examining the involvement
of men and women in childrearing'
Teaching
I teach the following subjects:
- DEMO8007 Statistics for Social Scientists
- DEMO8014 Survey Data Analysis
- DEMO8083 Introduction to Longitudinal Methods (NEW in 2008)
Current projects
Journal of Population Research
Edith is editor of the Journal of
Population Research.
Selected Publications
Kippen, R., Evans, A. and Gray, E. (2007). Parental
preference for sons and daughters in a Western industrial setting: evidence
and implications. Journal of Biosocial Science. Vol.39(4):583-597.
Mitchell, D. and Gray, E. (2007). Declining
fertility: Intentions, attitudes and aspirations. Journal of Sociology.
Vol.43(1):23-44.
Breusch, T. and Gray, E. (2006). Replicating
a study of mothers' forgone earnings in Australia. Journal of Economic
and Social Measurement. Vol.31(1-2):107-125.
Ackland, R. and Gray, E. (2005). What can potential migrants find out
about Australia from the WWW. People
and Place. Vol. 13(4):12-22.
Gray, E. and Evans, A. (2005). Parity progression in Australia: What role
does sex of existing children play? Australian Journal of Social Issues.
Vol.40(4):505-520.
Breusch, T. and Gray, E. (2005). Negotiating the Life Course Survey: Introduction
and perspective. Australian Journal of Labour Economics. Vol.8(2):
111-119.
Kippen, R., Gray, E. and Evans, A. (2005). The impact on Australian fertility
of wanting one of each. People
and Place. Vol. 13(2): 12-20.
Evans, A. and Gray, E. (2005). What makes an Australian family? pp. 12-29
in S. Wilson, G. Meagher, R. Gibson, D. Denemark and M. Western (eds.)
Australian Social Attitudes: The 1st Report, Sydney: UNSW Press.
Breusch, T. & Gray, E. (2004). New estimates of mothers' forgone
earnings using HILDA data. Australian Journal of Labour Economics.
Vol.7(2):
125-150.
Breusch, T. and Gray, E. (2003). A re-estimation of mothers forgone
earnings using Negotiating the Life Course (NLC) data. Negotiating the
Life Course Discussion Paper Series No. 017.
Gray, E. McDonald, P. and Evans, A. (2003). Demographic Data in Australia.
The Australian Economic Review. Vol.36(2): 235-44.
Gray, E. (2002). What do we know about men's fertility levels in Australia?
People and Place. Vol.10(4): 1-10.
Gray, E. and McDonald, P. (2002). The
relationship between personal, family, resource and work factors and maternal
employment in Australia. Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development, Labour Market and Social Policy-Occasional Papers
No. 62.
Gray, E. (2001). Colliding spheres: work and family initiatives, and
parental realities. Just Policy. No.24: 3340.
Gray, E. (2000). Household work for men and women: Implications for future
childrearing decisions. Journal of Australian Studies. Vol.64:8597.
Gibson D., Benham C. & Gray E. 1999. Older women: past, present and
future. In: Office of the Status of Women, Women in Australia,
pp:103159. Canberra: OSW.
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