Ann Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2937-8106 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 171 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Trying Again
There is growing recognition in family research that relationship dissolution is not always a linear process. This is exemplified by the fact that some couples who separate subsequently reunite. However, empirical evidence on the prevalence and correlates of such reuniting behaviour in the general population remains extremely limited, particularly outside the United States. Using data from a large-scale longitudinal survey, we examine the prevale…
Decomposing fertility rates – how are changing relationship patterns and increasing singlehood contributing to fertility decline
Most children are born to cohabiting or married parents and being in a relationship is largely seen as a pre-requisite to childbearing. As such, the overall fertility rate of a country is influenced both by the proportion of the population that is partnered, and the fertility behaviour of those who are partnered. In many countries, including Australia, partnership rates have declined, and an increasing proportion of the population is single at an…
How tall am I again? A longitudinal analysis of the reliability of self-reported height
Self-reported height measures are increasingly being included in large-scale surveys in order to measure BMI. There have been concerns about the validity of self-reported measures but there remains little understanding of why respondents may not give accurate height reports. We examine whether a lack of knowledge could be a contributing factor, by investigating the reliability of self-reported height over time and across countries. We use longitu…
Impacts of the Covid‐19 pandemic on ethnically diverse communities
Ethnically diverse communities are potentially exposed to multiple and compounding impacts of COVID‐19, owing to social and cultural interactions, household crowding, employment in exposed occupations and other socioeconomic conditions. In this study, we quantify and analyse these impacts for local councils in Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne across five outcomes: infections, excess deaths, the speed of vaccination, unemployme…
Suicide risk assessment fears, attitudes and behaviours of lifeline crisis supporters
Lifeline Australia operates crisis support services through Lifeline Crisis Supporters. An integral part of their role is to conduct online suicide risk assessments with help-seekers. However, there is limited literature regarding suicide risk assessment practices for this population. This study aimed to examine how suicide prevention training, vicarious trauma and fears impacted suicide risk assessment behaviours of Lifeline Crisis Supporters. A…
The longitudinal effect of Covid-19 infections and lockdown on mental health and the protective effect of neighbourhood social relations
Cross‐National Differences in Income Pooling among Married and Cohabiting Couples
Objective To examine cross‐national differences in income pooling by relationship type. Background In most countries, there is a “cohabitation gap” with cohabiting couples less likely to pool their incomes and act as a single economic unit compared to married couples. There is very little cross‐national research comparing income management patterns of married and cohabiting couples. Despite large cross‐national variation in cohabitation prevalenc…
The ethnic composition and population dynamics of local communities in Australia
Superdiversity has become a popular concept to describe the cumulative impact of successive waves of migration in high immigration nations. How superdiversity impacts on local communities is less well understood. In this study, detailed ethnicity data are collected and harmonised for local communities from the Australian 2006, 2011 and 2016 Censuses. Local communities are organised into categories using an existing typology. The ethnic, economic …
Researching Young Men and Family Formation
Young men are underrepresented in Australian research on family formation, especially young men who are nonmarital fathers, and are not university educated. In this pilot project, an interdisciplinary research team (demography, sociology, and gender studies) based in Australia set out to design an approach that would engage this particular group of young men on the topic of family formation. We decided to employ a nontraditional research method (…
Recent Trends in Immigrant Fertility in Australia
Mind the “Happiness” Gap
Many studies have found that married people have higher subjective well-being than those who are not married. Yet the increase in cohabitation raises questions as to whether only marriage has beneficial effects. In this study, we examine differences in subjective well-being between cohabiting and married men and women in midlife, comparing the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Norway. We apply propensity score–weighted regression analyses t…
Do Marriage and Cohabitation Provide Benefits to Health in Mid-Life? The Role of Childhood Selection Mechanisms and Partnership Characteristics Across Countries
Extensive research has found that marriage provides health benefits to individuals, particularly in the U.S. The rise of cohabitation, however, raises questions about whether simply being in an intimate co-residential partnership conveys the same health benefits as marriage. Here, we use OLS regression to compare differences between partnered and unpartnered, and cohabiting and married individuals with respect to self-rated health in mid-life, an…
Geographic variation in parity progression in Australia
Australia has moderately high fertility compared to many Western‐industrialized countries. The current total fertility rate is around 1.88, but fertility levels are not uniform across the country. There is a distinct geographic pattern with the total fertility rate about 0.5 higher in remote and very remote Australia (2.33) compared to major cities (1.82). In this paper, we examine 2 explanations for this pattern: the compositional hypothesis and…
Childbearing Across Partnerships in Australia, the United States, Norway, and Sweden
This article compares mothers’ experience of having children with more than one partner in two liberal welfare regimes (the United States and Australia) and two social democratic regimes (Sweden and Norway). We use survey-based union and birth histories in Australia and the United States and data from national population registers in Norway and Sweden to estimate the likelihood of experiencing childbearing across partnerships at any point in the …
Towards a new understanding of cohabitation
Across the industrialized world, more couples are living together without marrying. Although researchers have compared cohabitation cross-nationally using quantitative data, few have compared union formation using qualitative data
Negotiating the Life Course
Using Split-Population Models to Examine Predictors of the Probability and Timing of Parity Progression
Taking stock
In developed countries with below-replacement fertility, the proportion of people who have at least three children make a substantial difference to the aggregate level of fertility. This study, based on 40 in-depth interviews with Australian parents of two children, analyses what factors influence the decision to have a third child. Using a grounded theory method of qualitative analysis, the study finds that parents who have decided to stop at tw…
Repartnering in the United Kingdom and Australia
As a result of a rise in divorce rates coupled with an increased prevalence of cohabitation, a growing percentage of the population has experienced or will experience the breakdown of a relationship and also the possibility of forming another new relationship. This paper explores the impact of previous relationship and fertility histories on repartnering. Using a longitudinal approach we compare the nature of repartnering behaviour in the United …
Do couples share income? Variation in the organisation of income in dual‐earner households
This paper examines the organisation of income of cohabiting and married dual‐income couples. This topic has gained significance as women increase their participation in the labour force, and increasingly bring additional money into the household. Given the increase in cohabitation, researchers have proposed that financial arrangements may differ according to relationship type. We model the effect of relationship type and previous relationship ex…
Parental Preference for Sons and Daughters in a Western Industrial Setting
This paper considers whether sex composition of existing children in Australian families is an important factor in parity progression. Using census data from 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001, women are linked with their co-resident children, allowing investigation of family sex composition and its changing impact over time on the propensity to have another child. The study finds that parents are much more likely to have a third and fourth birth if…
Family Size and Children’s Education in Matlab, Bangladesh
This study examines the relationship between family size and children’s education in Bangladesh for two periods – 1982 with high fertility and 1996 with low fertility – using data from the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System of the ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research. Children aged 8–17 years (27,448 in 1982 and 32,635 in 1996) were selected from households where the mother was aged 30–49 years and the father was the …
Heterogeneity in the Transition to Adulthood
Education and the resolution of teenage pregnancy in Australia
Research on the decision to continue or terminate a teenage pregnancy is sparse. This paper seeks to address this gap in research by analysing the educational dimensions of the decision to continue or terminate a teenage pregnancy using data collected in a purpose specific survey in Australia. The paper begins by exploring the timing of pregnancy, abortion and birth in relation to leaving or finishing high school. It then examines the association…
Sociodemographic determinants of energy, fat and dietary fibre intake in Australian adults
Objective To examine the relationship between sociodemographic factors (sex, age, education, occupation and region of birth) and absolute levels of energy, fat and fibre intake in adults at the national level. Design, setting and subjects The 1983 National Dietary Survey of Adults (NDSA), covering six Australian capital cities, collected food and nutrient intake data using the 24-hour recall method, from subjects aged 25–64 years (n = 6255). Resu…
Towards a new understanding of cohabitation
Across the industrialized world, more couples are living together without marrying. Although researchers have compared cohabitation cross-nationally using quantitative data, few have compared union formation using qualitative data
Childbearing Across Partnerships in Australia, the United States, Norway, and Sweden
This article compares mothers’ experience of having children with more than one partner in two liberal welfare regimes (the United States and Australia) and two social democratic regimes (Sweden and Norway). We use survey-based union and birth histories in Australia and the United States and data from national population registers in Norway and Sweden to estimate the likelihood of experiencing childbearing across partnerships at any point in the …
Heterogeneity in the Transition to Adulthood
Mind the “Happiness” Gap
Many studies have found that married people have higher subjective well-being than those who are not married. Yet the increase in cohabitation raises questions as to whether only marriage has beneficial effects. In this study, we examine differences in subjective well-being between cohabiting and married men and women in midlife, comparing the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Norway. We apply propensity score–weighted regression analyses t…
Do Marriage and Cohabitation Provide Benefits to Health in Mid-Life? The Role of Childhood Selection Mechanisms and Partnership Characteristics Across Countries
Extensive research has found that marriage provides health benefits to individuals, particularly in the U.S. The rise of cohabitation, however, raises questions about whether simply being in an intimate co-residential partnership conveys the same health benefits as marriage. Here, we use OLS regression to compare differences between partnered and unpartnered, and cohabiting and married individuals with respect to self-rated health in mid-life, an…
Using Split-Population Models to Examine Predictors of the Probability and Timing of Parity Progression
Repartnering in the United Kingdom and Australia
As a result of a rise in divorce rates coupled with an increased prevalence of cohabitation, a growing percentage of the population has experienced or will experience the breakdown of a relationship and also the possibility of forming another new relationship. This paper explores the impact of previous relationship and fertility histories on repartnering. Using a longitudinal approach we compare the nature of repartnering behaviour in the United …
The longitudinal effect of Covid-19 infections and lockdown on mental health and the protective effect of neighbourhood social relations
The ethnic composition and population dynamics of local communities in Australia
Superdiversity has become a popular concept to describe the cumulative impact of successive waves of migration in high immigration nations. How superdiversity impacts on local communities is less well understood. In this study, detailed ethnicity data are collected and harmonised for local communities from the Australian 2006, 2011 and 2016 Censuses. Local communities are organised into categories using an existing typology. The ethnic, economic …
Geographic variation in parity progression in Australia
Australia has moderately high fertility compared to many Western‐industrialized countries. The current total fertility rate is around 1.88, but fertility levels are not uniform across the country. There is a distinct geographic pattern with the total fertility rate about 0.5 higher in remote and very remote Australia (2.33) compared to major cities (1.82). In this paper, we examine 2 explanations for this pattern: the compositional hypothesis and…
Do couples share income? Variation in the organisation of income in dual‐earner households
This paper examines the organisation of income of cohabiting and married dual‐income couples. This topic has gained significance as women increase their participation in the labour force, and increasingly bring additional money into the household. Given the increase in cohabitation, researchers have proposed that financial arrangements may differ according to relationship type. We model the effect of relationship type and previous relationship ex…
Suicide risk assessment fears, attitudes and behaviours of lifeline crisis supporters
Lifeline Australia operates crisis support services through Lifeline Crisis Supporters. An integral part of their role is to conduct online suicide risk assessments with help-seekers. However, there is limited literature regarding suicide risk assessment practices for this population. This study aimed to examine how suicide prevention training, vicarious trauma and fears impacted suicide risk assessment behaviours of Lifeline Crisis Supporters. A…
Taking stock
In developed countries with below-replacement fertility, the proportion of people who have at least three children make a substantial difference to the aggregate level of fertility. This study, based on 40 in-depth interviews with Australian parents of two children, analyses what factors influence the decision to have a third child. Using a grounded theory method of qualitative analysis, the study finds that parents who have decided to stop at tw…
Sociodemographic determinants of energy, fat and dietary fibre intake in Australian adults
Objective To examine the relationship between sociodemographic factors (sex, age, education, occupation and region of birth) and absolute levels of energy, fat and fibre intake in adults at the national level. Design, setting and subjects The 1983 National Dietary Survey of Adults (NDSA), covering six Australian capital cities, collected food and nutrient intake data using the 24-hour recall method, from subjects aged 25–64 years (n = 6255). Resu…
Education and the resolution of teenage pregnancy in Australia
Research on the decision to continue or terminate a teenage pregnancy is sparse. This paper seeks to address this gap in research by analysing the educational dimensions of the decision to continue or terminate a teenage pregnancy using data collected in a purpose specific survey in Australia. The paper begins by exploring the timing of pregnancy, abortion and birth in relation to leaving or finishing high school. It then examines the association…
Parental Preference for Sons and Daughters in a Western Industrial Setting
This paper considers whether sex composition of existing children in Australian families is an important factor in parity progression. Using census data from 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001, women are linked with their co-resident children, allowing investigation of family sex composition and its changing impact over time on the propensity to have another child. The study finds that parents are much more likely to have a third and fourth birth if…
Family Size and Children’s Education in Matlab, Bangladesh
This study examines the relationship between family size and children’s education in Bangladesh for two periods – 1982 with high fertility and 1996 with low fertility – using data from the Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System of the ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research. Children aged 8–17 years (27,448 in 1982 and 32,635 in 1996) were selected from households where the mother was aged 30–49 years and the father was the …
Heterogeneity in the Transition to Adulthood
Do couples share income? Variation in the organisation of income in dual‐earner households
This paper examines the organisation of income of cohabiting and married dual‐income couples. This topic has gained significance as women increase their participation in the labour force, and increasingly bring additional money into the household. Given the increase in cohabitation, researchers have proposed that financial arrangements may differ according to relationship type. We model the effect of relationship type and previous relationship ex…
Taking stock
In developed countries with below-replacement fertility, the proportion of people who have at least three children make a substantial difference to the aggregate level of fertility. This study, based on 40 in-depth interviews with Australian parents of two children, analyses what factors influence the decision to have a third child. Using a grounded theory method of qualitative analysis, the study finds that parents who have decided to stop at tw…
Repartnering in the United Kingdom and Australia
As a result of a rise in divorce rates coupled with an increased prevalence of cohabitation, a growing percentage of the population has experienced or will experience the breakdown of a relationship and also the possibility of forming another new relationship. This paper explores the impact of previous relationship and fertility histories on repartnering. Using a longitudinal approach we compare the nature of repartnering behaviour in the United …
Using Split-Population Models to Examine Predictors of the Probability and Timing of Parity Progression
Negotiating the Life Course
Childbearing Across Partnerships in Australia, the United States, Norway, and Sweden
This article compares mothers’ experience of having children with more than one partner in two liberal welfare regimes (the United States and Australia) and two social democratic regimes (Sweden and Norway). We use survey-based union and birth histories in Australia and the United States and data from national population registers in Norway and Sweden to estimate the likelihood of experiencing childbearing across partnerships at any point in the …
Towards a new understanding of cohabitation
Across the industrialized world, more couples are living together without marrying. Although researchers have compared cohabitation cross-nationally using quantitative data, few have compared union formation using qualitative data
Geographic variation in parity progression in Australia
Australia has moderately high fertility compared to many Western‐industrialized countries. The current total fertility rate is around 1.88, but fertility levels are not uniform across the country. There is a distinct geographic pattern with the total fertility rate about 0.5 higher in remote and very remote Australia (2.33) compared to major cities (1.82). In this paper, we examine 2 explanations for this pattern: the compositional hypothesis and…
Do Marriage and Cohabitation Provide Benefits to Health in Mid-Life? The Role of Childhood Selection Mechanisms and Partnership Characteristics Across Countries
Extensive research has found that marriage provides health benefits to individuals, particularly in the U.S. The rise of cohabitation, however, raises questions about whether simply being in an intimate co-residential partnership conveys the same health benefits as marriage. Here, we use OLS regression to compare differences between partnered and unpartnered, and cohabiting and married individuals with respect to self-rated health in mid-life, an…
Mind the “Happiness” Gap
Many studies have found that married people have higher subjective well-being than those who are not married. Yet the increase in cohabitation raises questions as to whether only marriage has beneficial effects. In this study, we examine differences in subjective well-being between cohabiting and married men and women in midlife, comparing the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, and Norway. We apply propensity score–weighted regression analyses t…
Recent Trends in Immigrant Fertility in Australia
Cross‐National Differences in Income Pooling among Married and Cohabiting Couples
Objective To examine cross‐national differences in income pooling by relationship type. Background In most countries, there is a “cohabitation gap” with cohabiting couples less likely to pool their incomes and act as a single economic unit compared to married couples. There is very little cross‐national research comparing income management patterns of married and cohabiting couples. Despite large cross‐national variation in cohabitation prevalenc…
The ethnic composition and population dynamics of local communities in Australia
Superdiversity has become a popular concept to describe the cumulative impact of successive waves of migration in high immigration nations. How superdiversity impacts on local communities is less well understood. In this study, detailed ethnicity data are collected and harmonised for local communities from the Australian 2006, 2011 and 2016 Censuses. Local communities are organised into categories using an existing typology. The ethnic, economic …
Researching Young Men and Family Formation
Young men are underrepresented in Australian research on family formation, especially young men who are nonmarital fathers, and are not university educated. In this pilot project, an interdisciplinary research team (demography, sociology, and gender studies) based in Australia set out to design an approach that would engage this particular group of young men on the topic of family formation. We decided to employ a nontraditional research method (…
Suicide risk assessment fears, attitudes and behaviours of lifeline crisis supporters
Lifeline Australia operates crisis support services through Lifeline Crisis Supporters. An integral part of their role is to conduct online suicide risk assessments with help-seekers. However, there is limited literature regarding suicide risk assessment practices for this population. This study aimed to examine how suicide prevention training, vicarious trauma and fears impacted suicide risk assessment behaviours of Lifeline Crisis Supporters. A…
The longitudinal effect of Covid-19 infections and lockdown on mental health and the protective effect of neighbourhood social relations
How tall am I again? A longitudinal analysis of the reliability of self-reported height
Self-reported height measures are increasingly being included in large-scale surveys in order to measure BMI. There have been concerns about the validity of self-reported measures but there remains little understanding of why respondents may not give accurate height reports. We examine whether a lack of knowledge could be a contributing factor, by investigating the reliability of self-reported height over time and across countries. We use longitu…
Impacts of the Covid‐19 pandemic on ethnically diverse communities
Ethnically diverse communities are potentially exposed to multiple and compounding impacts of COVID‐19, owing to social and cultural interactions, household crowding, employment in exposed occupations and other socioeconomic conditions. In this study, we quantify and analyse these impacts for local councils in Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne across five outcomes: infections, excess deaths, the speed of vaccination, unemployme…
Decomposing fertility rates – how are changing relationship patterns and increasing singlehood contributing to fertility decline
Most children are born to cohabiting or married parents and being in a relationship is largely seen as a pre-requisite to childbearing. As such, the overall fertility rate of a country is influenced both by the proportion of the population that is partnered, and the fertility behaviour of those who are partnered. In many countries, including Australia, partnership rates have declined, and an increasing proportion of the population is single at an…
Trying Again
There is growing recognition in family research that relationship dissolution is not always a linear process. This is exemplified by the fact that some couples who separate subsequently reunite. However, empirical evidence on the prevalence and correlates of such reuniting behaviour in the general population remains extremely limited, particularly outside the United States. Using data from a large-scale longitudinal survey, we examine the prevale…
Sociology (21 works) · Demography (20 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (16 works) · Demography (14 works) · Demographic economics (13 works) · Economics (13 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (13 works) · Population (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Geography (11 works)