Peter McDonald

The ageing of Asian migrant populations in Australia: projections and implications for aged care services

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple, Bianca Brijnath, Ariane Utomo, Peter McDonald

Journal article  |  2021  |  Asian Population Studies

Until the 1970s the Asia-born population of Australia remained small due to the racist White Australia Policy which denied entry t..

English Language Proficiency Among Older Migrants in Australia, 2016–2046

J Temple, T Wilson, B Brijnath, A Utomo, P McDonald

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of International Migration and Integration

Australia’s population is growing, ageing and exhibiting increasing heterogeneity with respect to birthplace and ethnic compositio..

Internal migration, group size, and ethnic endogamy in Indonesia

Ariane J Utomo, Peter F McDonald

Journal article  |  2021  |  Geographical Research

Much of the literature on assortative mating has centred on the social contexts of immigrant‐receiving countries in the West. This..

Projections of Older European Migrant Populations in Australia, 2016-56

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple, Bianca Brijnath, Peter McDonald, Ariane Utomo

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF POPULATION AGEING

Many of the European migrant populations which settled in Australia in the three decades after World War Two are now much older, a..

Premarital sex and pregnancy in Greater Jakarta

J O’Donnell, ID Utomo, P McDonald

Journal article  |  2020  |  Genus

Social taboos and stigmas around sexuality and non-marital sex in Indonesia have led to substantial underreporting of the prevalen..

The geographical patterns of birth seasonality in Australia

Tom Wilson, Peter McDonald, Jeromey Temple

Journal article  |  2020  |  DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

BACKGROUND Studies have shown how births exhibit seasonal patterns, with peaks and troughs in particular months and seasons. Most ..

Past and projected growth of Australia's older migrant populations.

Tom Wilson, Peter McDonald, Jeromey Temple, Bianca Brijnath, Ariane Utomo

Journal article  |  2020  |  Genus

In recent years, Australia's older population (aged 65 and over) has been growing rapidly, accompanied by a shift in its country o..

Do Individuals with Higher Education Prefer Smaller Families? Education, Fertility Preference and the Value of Children in Greater Jakarta

Ariane Utomo, Peter McDonald, Iwu Utomo, Terence Hull

Journal article  |  2020  |  Child Indicators Research

An emerging scholarship indicates that the negative educational gradient in fertility preference has reversed in some low-fertilit..

The cessation of rising employment rates at older ages in Australia, 2000-2019

Peter McDonald, Helen Moyle

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian Population Studies

Background: In the first decade of the 21st century, employment at older ages surged in Australia, benefitting the Australian eco..

Administrative boundaries and demographic knowledge: General issues and a case-study for Italy

Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, Fiorenzo Rossi, Peter McDonald

Journal article  |  2020  |  Popolazione e Storia

This article is divided in two parts. The first part discusses the limits and the potential linked to the availability of data on ..