Dr Edith Gray

Fellow, ARC Australian Research Fellow

T: +61 2 6125 4609
E: Edith.Gray@anu.edu.au
Room 2231 Coombs Building

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:

• DEMO8083 Introduction to Longitudinal Methods (NEW in 2008)
  There is a student blog and a resource site for this course.
  

Current projects

• The Lifecourse Project
• Do Australian parents want both a son and a daughter?
• Repartnering in Australia

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: 33–40.

Gray, E. (2000). Household work for men and women: Implications for future childrearing decisions. Journal of Australian Studies. Vol.64:85–97.

Gibson D., Benham C. & Gray E. 1999. Older women: past, present and future. In: Office of the Status of Women, Women in Australia, pp:103–159. Canberra: OSW.