Do Australian parents want both a son and a daughter?
Research papers
This section of the website includes links to articles and conference
papers based on the research.
The results of the interview stage of the research will be published
in journals on families and society in the second half of 2006. Links
to these articles and conference papers will be added as they are published.
Please keep checking back here for up-dates.
Articles
Kippen, R., Evans, A. and Gray, E. (2007) Parental
desire for sons and daughters in a Western industrial setting: evidence
and implications, Journal of Biosocial Science Vol. 39: 583-597.
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.
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.
Conference papers and posters
Gray, E., Evans, A. and Kippen, R. 2007, The
Differential Value of Sons and Daughters in Contemporary Society,
poster presented at the Population Association of America 2007 Annual
Meeting Program, 28 March-31 March. Download
poster PDF.
Evans A., Kippen, R. & Gray, E. 2006. Are Sons and Daughters Substitutable?
paper presented at the Conference of the Australian Population Association,
Adelaide, December
Gray, E., Evans, A. and Kippen, R. 2005, Generational
differences in parity progression in Australia: the role of sex composition
of children, paper presented at the International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population XXV International Population Conference,
Tours, France, 18-23 July
Kippen, R., Evans, A. and Gray, E. 2005, Does
parental desire for both a son and daughter influence the decision to
have another child? Evidence from census data, paper presented at
the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population XXV
International Population Conference, Tours, France, 18-23 July
Evans, A., Gray, E. and Kippen, R. 2005, The
influence of sex of existing children on the incidence and timing of
higher-order births, poster presented at the Population Association
of America 2005 Annual Meeting Program, 31 March-2 April. Download
poster PDF.
Media
J Masanauskas, 'Who loves you, baby?' Herald Sun, 5 February 2008
S Lunn, 'Parents want boys, then a girl to add to the mix', The Australian, 5 February 2008
C Netherwood, 'Living large' Australian Parents Magazine June/July
2007
D Cook, 'Two's company, three's a growing nation' The Age, 18
January 2007
A Binger, 'All or Nothing', Sunday Life Magazine, 29 October
2006
C Overington. 'Great Aussie breeders', The Australian, 24 July
2006
C Overington. 'Desire for children of each sex grows families', The
Australian, 29 May 2006
F Farouque and T Colebatch. 'Having one for Australia', The Age,
9 May 2006
F Farouque. 'If at second you don't succeed, try tri again', The
Age, 4 July 2005
'Children's gender important to parents', Rebecca Kippen on RTRFM Breakfast
Radio, Perth, 30 May 2006
'Three Children, the new big family', Ann Evans on Life Matters,
Radio National, 19 May 2006
Ann Evans on ABC Central Victoria Breakfast show, 12 December 2005
Edith Gray on ABC Melbourne Breakfast show, 5 July 2005
