ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN POPULATION AGEING RESEARCH

Comparison of Experts and Older Adults’ Viewpoints on Successful Ageing

N Zanjari, M Sharifian Sani, M Hosseini Chavoshi, H Rafiey, F Mohammadi Shahboulaghi

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

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

2021-06-11

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

Will the COVID-19 pandemic affect population ageing in Australia?

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple, Elin Charles-Edwards

2021-03-15

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extensive disruption to economies and societies across the world. In terms of demographic process..

Internal migration, group size, and ethnic endogamy in Indonesia

Ariane J Utomo, Peter F McDonald

2021-02-01

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

Projecting the sexual minority population: Methods, data, and illustrative projections for Australia

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple, Anthony Lyons

2021-01-01

Background: Attitudes to sexual minorities have undergone a transformation in many Western countries in recent decades. With much ..

Premarital sex and pregnancy in Greater Jakarta

J O’Donnell, ID Utomo, P McDonald

2020-12-01

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

The rapid growth of Australia's advanced age population

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple

2020-12-01

Australia’s population at the highest ages is growing rapidly, driving increasing demand for a whole range of services often requi..

What is the size of Australia's sexual minority population?

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple, Anthony Lyons, Fiona Shalley

2020-11-16

OBJECTIVES: The aim is to present updated estimates of the size of Australia's sexual minority adult population (gay, lesbian, bis..

The geographical patterns of birth seasonality in Australia

Tom Wilson, Peter McDonald, Jeromey Temple

2020-11-04

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

The future growth and spatial shift of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2016-2051

Andrew Taylor, Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Sandra Eades

2020-11-03

The Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population more than doubled in size between 1996 and 2016. Growth was highes..

Habits of a Lifetime: Museum Visitation Amongst Older Australians

Jeromey Temple, Lena Gan

2020-09-30

Recent studies have shown that cultural engagement, including museum attendance, is associated with improved health and wellbeing ..

Understanding the role of natural hazards in internal labour mobility in Australia

Kerstin K Zander, Tom Wilson, Stephen T Garnett

2020-09-01

Australia is among the countries most exposed to natural hazards, particularly wildfire, cyclones, floods and heat waves. Natural ..

Exposure to interpersonal racism and avoidance behaviours reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability

Jeromey B Temple, Heather Wong, Angeline Ferdinand, Scott Avery, Yin Paradies, Margaret Kelaher

2020-08-28

Using the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, this paper examines exposure to interpersonal racism and a..

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

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

2020-08-05

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

Discrimination reported by older adults living with mental health conditions: types, contexts and association with healthcare barriers

Jeromey B Temple, Bianca Brijnath, Joanne Enticott, Ariane Utomo, Ruth Williams, Margaret Kelaher

2020-07-21

OBJECTIVE: Australian policy-making needs better information on the prevalence, context and types of discrimination reported by pe..

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

2020-07-15

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

Modelling Age Patterns of Internal Migration at the Highest Ages

Tom Wilson

2020-06-25

Model migration age schedules have proved valuable to demographers for a range of applications for over 40 years. The original Rog..

Ageing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: numerical, structural, timing and spatial aspects

Jeromey B Temple, Tom Wilson, Andrew Taylor, Margaret Kelaher, Sandra Eades

2020-06-08

OBJECTIVES: To assess levels of numerical, structural, timing and spatial aspects of ageing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is..

Estimating a Consistent and Detailed Time Series of Immigration and Emigration for Sub-state Regions of Australia

James Raymer, Xujing Bai, Nan Liu, Tom Wilson

2020-06-01

The size and composition of the Australian population has shifted since the dismantling of the discriminatory White Australia Poli..

Experiences of Racism among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Prevalence, Sources, and Association with Mental Health

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Yin Paradies

2020-06-01

This article presents the first nationally representative analysis of the association between racial discrimination and psychologi..

Is disability exclusion associated with experiencing an unmet need for health care?

Jeromey B Temple, Jay A Stiles, Ariane Utomo, Margaret Kelaher, Ruth Williams

2020-06-01

Objective To examine the association between disability exclusion and experiencing an unmet need for health care. Methods The 201..

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

Peter McDonald, Helen Moyle

2020-05-24

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

To what extent is Australia’s population ageing? The application of traditional and alternative ageing measures

Tom Wilson, Jeromey Temple

2020-05-22

Background:  Most studies of population ageing apply traditional ageing measures, such as the number or percentage of the populati..

Reconciliation of Australian Demographic Data to Study Immigrant Population Change Across Space and Time

James Raymer, Xujing Bai, Nan Liu, Tom Wilson

2020-04-01

The study of immigrant population change is hindered by data sources that capture international migration flows separately from ot..

The geography of Australia's Marriage Law Postal Survey outcome

Tom Wilson, Fiona Shalley, Francisco Perales

2020-03-01

After years of public debate about same‐sex marriage, the Australian Government put the issue to the electorate in the “Australian..

1.4 million less than projected: how coronavirus could hit Australia’s population in the next 20 years

Elin Charles-Edwards, Aude Bernard, Pia Wohland, Thomas Wilson

2020-01-01

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

Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, Fiorenzo Rossi, Peter McDonald

2020-01-01

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

Intersectional Discrimination in Australia: An Empirical Critique of the Legal Framework

Alysia Blackham, Jeromey Temple

2020-01-01

Australian equality law is still largely dependent on individual enforcement to achieve systemic change. The degree to which discr..

Population Growth

Thomas Wilson

2020-01-01

Population growth is a fundamental measure in demography and population geography. It describes population increase over a specifi..

Discrimination and disability: Types of discrimination and association with trust, self-efficacy and life satisfaction among older Australians

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Libby Brooke, Ariane Utomo, Ruth Williams

2019-11-21

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence, context and types of discrimination reported by older Australians (aged 55 years and over) a..

The Shelf Life of Official Sub-National Population Forecasts in England

Ludi Simpson, Tom Wilson, Fiona Shalley

2019-11-21

We measure the empirical distribution of the accuracy of projected population in sub-national areas of England, developing the con..

Components of disability exclusion: Discrimination, avoidance and accessibility in later life

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Ariane Utomo, Ruth Williams, Libby Brooke

2019-11-18

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and context of disability exclusion reported by people with disability, with and without comm..

Psychological distress among migrant groups in Australia: results from the 2015 National Health Survey

Bianca Brijnath, Josefine Antoniades, Jeromey Temple

2019-10-28

PURPOSE: To understand the relationship between migration and psychological distress, we (a) calculated the prevalence of psycholo..

Migration to Australia: From Asian Exclusion to Asian Predominance

Peter McDonald

2019-10-01

In a relatively short period, Australia has shifted from being a country where migration from Asia was heavily restricted under th..

Subnational population forecasts: Do users want to know about uncertainty?

Tom Wilson, Fiona Shalley

2019-07-26

BACKGROUND Subnational population forecasts form a key input to many significant investment and planning decisions, but these for..

Limited progress in closing the mortality gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians of the Northern Territory

Tom Wilson, Yuejen Zhao, John Condon

2019-07-24

OBJECTIVES: To assess whether progress is being made towards reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inequality in life exp..

English proficiency in Australia, 1981 to 2016

Peter McDonald, Helen Moyle, Jeromey Temple

2019-06-01

Using Australian census data, the paper examines the incidence of poor English competency in Australia from 1981 onwards. The pape..

Interreligious Marriage in Indonesia

Noryamin Aini, Ariane Utomo, Peter McDonald

2019-05-06

Indonesia – home to the world’s largest Muslim population – is an ethnically diverse archipelago with sizeable non-Muslim communit..

Social engagement and the elderly in rural Indonesia

Ariane Utomo, Peter Mcdonald, Iwu Utomo, Nur Cahyadi, Robert Sparrow

2019-05-01

Rural areas in Indonesia are older relative to urban areas. This paper questions how levels of social engagement vary across among..

Prevalence and context of racism experienced by older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Yin Paradies

2019-03-01

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and context of racism self-reported by older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. ME..

Social Assistance Payments and Food Insecurity in Australia: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Survey

Jeromey B Temple, Sue Booth, Christina M Pollard

2019-02-01

It is widely understood that households with low economic resources and poor labourmarket attachment are at considerable risk of f..

Development and validation of successful aging instrument

N Zanjari, MS Sani, M Hosseini-Chavoshi, H Rafiey, F Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi

2019-01-01

Objectives: Successful aging is an interdisciplinary concept. Despite the great body of literature on successful aging, few studie..

In Australia fertility is falling only for low educated women

Peter McDonald, Helen Moyle

2019-01-01

From 2006 to 2016, fertility in Australia remained constant for women with high education while it fell sharply for women with low..

Special working arrangements to allow for care responsibilities in Australia: availability, usage and barriers

Jeromey Temple, Briony Dow, Marian Baird

2019-01-01

<jats:p>Background  Population ageing is projected to reduce labour force growth and aggregate labour force participation, whilst ..

Disability discrimination and avoidance in later life: prevalence, disability differentials and association with mental health

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Ruth Williams

2018-12-07

ABSTRACT: Background:Later life is a period of increased risk of disability, but there is little quantitative evidence regarding t..

Discrimination and avoidance due to disability in Australia: evidence from a National Cross Sectional Survey

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher, Ruth Williams

2018-12-05

BACKGROUND: Across most high-income countries, populations are ageing. With this demographic change is an increase in the number o..

Australian migration propensities by visa class: an analysis of linked administrative data

Jeromey B Temple, Peter F McDonald

2018-12-01

Following a number of difficulties measuring net overseas migration (NOM), since 2006 the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ha..

The unmet support needs of carers of older Australians: prevalence and mental health

Jeromey B Temple, Briony Dow

2018-12-01

ABSTRACTBackground:Population aging places greater demands on the supply of informal carers. The aims of this study were to examin..

Who Wears the Hijab? Predictors of Veiling in Greater Jakarta

Ariane Utomo, Anna Reimondos, Peter McDonald, Iwu Utomo, Terence Hull

2018-12-01

Indonesia is home to the world’s largest Muslim population. In contrast to much of the Middle East, veiling in Indonesia is neithe..

Recommended long term care settings following aged care assessments in Australia

Marijan Jukic, Jeromey B Temple

2018-11-29

The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of recommended long term care settings following aged care ..

The Association between Stressful Events and Food Insecurity: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Australia

Jeromey B Temple

2018-11-01

A considerable body of empirical evidence exists on the demographic and socio-economic correlates of food insecurity in Australia...

Food Insecurity among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Jeromey B Temple, Joanna Russell

2018-08-01

It is well established that Indigenous populations are at a heightened risk of food insecurity. Yet, although populations (both In..

Financial well-being of older Australians with multiple health conditions

Jeromey B Temple, Ruth Williams

2018-06-01

OBJECTIVE: Given recent rises in out-of-pocket health expenses, we examined the financial well-being of older Australians with mul..

Women as Agents in Fertility Decision-making: Australia, 1870-1910

Peter McDonald, Helen Moyle

2018-06-01

Is disability exclusion associated with psychological distress? Australian evidence from a national cross-sectional survey

Jeromey B Temple, Margaret Kelaher

2018-05-01

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between disability exclusion and psychological distress. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETT..

Australia should continue its current comprehensive population policy – at least for the next decade

Peter McDonald

2018-01-01

Commentary.

Multiple health conditions and barriers to healthcare among older Australians: prevalence, reasons and types of barriers

Jeromey B Temple, Ruth Williams

2018-01-01

Accompanying population ageing is an increase in the number of older Australians living with multiple health conditions and disabi..

The State of the World Population 2018: the power of choice : reproductive rights and the demographic transition

Peter McDonald

2018-01-01

Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today ..

Informal care relationships and residential aged care recommendations: evidence from administrative data

Jeromey B Temple, Marijan Jukic, Briony Dow

2017-12-19

BACKGROUND: The Australian government recognises the importance of informal care to enable ageing in place. Yet, few multivariable..

Ageing and the economic life cycle: The National Transfer Accounts approach

Jeromey B Temple, James M Rice, Peter F McDonald

2017-12-01

OBJECTIVE: To illustrate the use of National Transfer Accounts (NTA) for understanding ageing and the economic life cycle in Austr..

Mature age labour force participation and the life cycle deficit in Australia: 1981-82 to 2009-10

Jeromey B Temple, James Mahmud Rice, Peter F McDonald

2017-12-01

With inexorable population ageing, successive Australian governments have sought to implement policies, on both the production and..

Population ageing and the labour force: 2000-2015 and 2015-2030

Jeromey B Temple, Peter F McDonald

2017-12-01

OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of variations in mature age labour force participation on labour force outcomes over Australia's re..

Private and public consumption across generations in Australia

James M Rice, Jeromey B Temple, Peter F McDonald

2017-12-01

OBJECTIVE: To investigate intergenerational equity in consumption using the Australian National Transfer Accounts (NTA). METHODS: ..

International migration and employment growth in Australia, 2011-2016

P McDonald

2017-11-20

Background Immigration to Australia pre 1995 was largely low skilled. Recessions led to competition between low-skilled domestic w..

Net Assets Available at Age of Death in Australia: An Extension of the National Transfer Accounts Methodology

Jeromey B Temple, Peter F McDonald, James Mahmud Rice

2017-01-01

Population ageing through much of the developed world presents the opportunity for a massive transfer of wealth across generations..

Population Ageing: A Demographic Perspective

P McDonald

2017-01-01

This stimulating volume examines the many faces of Australia’s ageing population, the social and health issues they contend with, ..

Report on the quality of 2016 Census data

P McDonald, S Harding, L Pulver, P Morrison, D Trewin, A Voss

2017-01-01

Report on the quality of 2016 Census data: Census Independent Assurance Panel to the Australian Statistician

S Harding, L Jackson Pulver, Peter McDonald, P Morrison, D Trewin, A Voss

2017-01-01

Successful Aging As A Multidimensional Concept: An Integrative Review

M Hosseini-Chavoshi, N Zanjari, M Sharifian-sani, H Rafiey, F Mohammadi-Shahboulaghi

2017-01-01

Background: Successful aging as an umbrella term with a large amount of literature has emerged with a variety of meanings and dime..

Women as agents in fertility decision-making: Australia, 1870-1910

H Moyle, P McDonald

2017-01-01