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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 subject:
Current projects
Journal of Population Research
Edith is editor of the Journal of
Population Research.
Selected Publications
Gray, E. and McDonald, P. (2009). Using a reproductive life course approach to understand contraceptive method use in Australia. Journal of Biosocial Science. First View Article, 26 October 2009. doi:10.1017/S0021932009990381
Skew, A., Evans, A. and Gray, E. (2009). ‘Repartnering in the United Kingdom and Australia’, Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Vol.40(4):561-585.
Evans, A., Barbato, C., Bettini, E. Gray, E. and Kippen, R. (2009). Taking stock: parents' reasons for and against having a third child. Community, Work and Family. i-First. 16 June 2009. DOI: 10.1080/13668800902823599
Gray, E. and Evans, A. (2008). The limitations of understanding multi-partnered fertility in Australia. People and Place. Vol.16(4):1–8.
Gray, E. and Evans, A. (2008). Do Couples Share Income?: Variation in the organisation of income in dual‑earner households. Australian Journal of Social Issues. Vol.43(3):441–457.
Gray, E., Kippen, R. and Evans, A. (2007). A boy for you and a girl for me: do men want sons and women want daughters? People and Place. Vol.15(4):1–8.
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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