Pre-marital Pregnancies and Ex-nuptial Births in Australia, 1911-66

Basavarajappa, K.G.

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“…is consistent with the increases observed in Australia as a whole (Basavarajappa, 1968;Ruzicka, 1975;Population and Australia, 1975). A facet of the findings which requires a special comment is the decrease of rates after 1972, and their noticeable peaking in 1971/72.…”

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Ex-Nuptial Births in New South Wales: Twenty Two Year Trends

Kraus

1978

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology

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Ex-Nuptial Births in New South Wales: Twenty Two Year Trends

Kraus

1978

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology

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“…This makes it even more alerting that the proportion of brides "at risk" has been on the increase most in the two youngest age groups, and the greater increase of 26.2 per cent occurred among brides of lowest marriageable age. It is noteworthy that the estimated here proportions "at risk" are very conservative in comparison with an earlier study of premarital pregnancies, which used a less stringent criterion of a birth within 8 months of the date of marriage (Basavarajappa, 1968). The proportions of first born nuptial children "at risk" of being abused are not only highest among the younger mothers but have also shown the greatest increases in the abuse prone age groups, while no increases occurred among mothers over 22 years of age.…”

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“…How does the incidence of pre-marital pregnancies in Australia compare with that in other countries?" (Basavarajappa, 1968;p. 126).…”

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Shotgun Weddings: Trends in the Sociopathology of Marriage

Kraus

1977

Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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The study was concerned with secular trends in forced marriages in N.S.W. The definition of forced marriage was first nuptial birth occurring within six months of the wedding. The typical demographic profile of such marriages portends a "risk" of marital breakdown and child abuse. Formal analysis of the time series showed upward trends in the proportions of brides "at risk" in the 16-17 age groups, and in the proportions of children "at risk" born to brides in the 16 to 22 age range. The findings were discussed critically, and some prophylactic and remedial social measures suggested.

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“…In 1966, 6,421 mothers in the fifteen-nineteen age group were unmarried at the time of the birth of their child, this representing twenty-six percent of all mothers in this age group (Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, 1967); for the period 1951-1960 the average was approximately sixteen percent. In a thorough review of these statistics, Basavarajappa (1968) has shown that the trend in both premarital pregnancies and exnuptial births was one of decline until the early 1940s and of increase since then. For example, for the changes since 1940 in exnuptial births per 1,000 unmarried females, see Table 2.…”

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Youth in Australia

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1970

Youth & Society

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THE IMAGE which Australia has presented to the world is that of a vast, empty, sunburnt country, with an oddly distinctive fauna and peopled with ruggedly independent pioneers who raise wheat and sheep, and combat drought, flood, and fire for survival. It is of a country which produces more than its share of athletes, tennis players, and swimmers in times of peace, and hard-fighting soldiers in wartime. Such an image is, of course, inadequate and distorted, and bears little relation to the true position at this stage of Australia's development. This is indeed a large country with a relatively small population, but only a small proportion of that population has first-hand experience of the rugged Australia of the &dquo;out-back,&dquo; the bush, and the rural life; the great majority live in urban communities in which parking space is a greater problem than drought, flood, and fire. With 83% of its population living in areas classified as &dquo;urban&dquo; for census purposes and a high proportion concentrated in very large cities, Australia is probably the most highly urbanised society in the world (see Davies and Encel, 1965: 296-297). There is a steady drift of population from rural areas: between the censuses of 1961 and 1966, urban population increased by 13.1% including an increase of 15.5% in the state and federal capital cities, while the rural population fell by 3.3% despite the national population increase of almost 10% (see Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, 1966).

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Pre-marital Pregnancies and Ex-nuptial Births in Australia, 1911-66

Cited by 22 publications

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Ex-Nuptial Births in New South Wales: Twenty Two Year Trends

Ex-Nuptial Births in New South Wales: Twenty Two Year Trends

Shotgun Weddings: Trends in the Sociopathology of Marriage

Youth in Australia

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