Nick Parr - Publications
Journal Articles
Parr, N. (2007) Which women stop at one child in Australia. Journal of Population Research (24(2):207-225.
Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. (2007) The impact of children on Australian women’s and men’ s superannuation. Economic and Labour Relations Review 18(1):3-26.
Parr, N. and Siedlecky, S. (2007) Use of ‘ dual protection’ and other combinations of contraceptive methods in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 31(6):567-570.
Parr, N. (2007) “Do children from small families do better? Journal of Population Research. 24(1):
Parr, N. and Guo, F. (2005). “The Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia”. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 14(3): 351-380.
Parr, N.J. (2005) “Family Background, Schooling and Childlessness in Australia”. Journal of Biosocial Science. 37(2): 229-243
Parr, N.J. (2003) Discontinuation of Contraceptive Use in Ghana. The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 21(2):150-157.
Parr, N.. (2002) "Family Planning Promotion, Contraceptive Use and Fertility Decline in Ghana". African Population Studies. 17(1): 83-101.
Weerasinghe, D.P. and Parr, N.J. (2002). "The Effects of Wealth on Marital Fertility in Sri Lanka" The Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 20(2) 112-119.
Parr, N., Lucas, D. and Mok, M. (2000). "Branch Migration and the International Dispersal of Families". International Journal of Population Geography. 6(3): 213-227.
Parr, N., Boyages, J., Taylor, R., Anura, P. and Callaghan, T. (2000) “Projecting Mammographic Screens”. Journal of Medical Screening. 7(3): 146-151.
Parr, N.J. (1998) “Changes in the Factors Affecting Fertility in Ghana During the Early Stages of the Fertility Decline”. Genus. LIV(1-2):77-86.
Parr, N.J. and Mok, M. (1995) “Differences in the Educational Achievements, Aspirations and Values of Birthplace Groups in New South Wales”. People and Place. 3(2): 1-8.
Parr, N.J. (1995) “Pre-marital Fertility in Liberia”. Journal of Biosocial Science 27(1): 1-10.
Book Chapters
Mok, M., Parr, N.J., Lee, T. and Wylie, E. (1998). A Comparative Study of IELTS and Access Test Results. In International English Language Testing System Research Reports 1998. Elicos Association Journal. Volume 1, Elicos Association, Sydney.
Parr, N. and Murray, P. (2004) “Gender unmasked: The implications for policy of demographic shifts and gender discrimination” Making the Link 15: 65-69
Book Review
26. Parr, N.J. (2002) Review of Jacob, S. Siegel, Applied Demography: Applications to Business, Government, Law and Public Policy. San Diego: Academic. 2002. 686 pp. The Journal of Population Research. Volume 19 No.1 pp88-91.
Plenary Conference Addresses
Parr, N. (2007) “The Teaching of Demography”. Plenary Address to the 20th Anniversary of the Postgraduate Teaching of Population Studies at Flinders University. 18 October 2007 Function Centre Flinders University.
Parr, N. (2006) “The Waves of Population Age Change and Silver Surfers: A Demographic Perspective on Population Ageing in New South Wales”. Paper presented to the New South Wales Public Libraries Marketing Group “Sensational Seniors” Seminar held at the State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney. 20 June, 2006.
Parr, N. (2004) “Do Children From Small Families Do Better?”. Presidential Address given to the 12th Biennial Conference of the Australian Population Association at ANU Canberra, 15 September 2004.
Other Conference Papers
Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. (2007). Impact of children on Australians’ retirement savings: policy and business implications. Paper presented to the IUSSP International Seminar on Applications of Demography in Business, Sydney 8-9 October 2007.
Parr, N, Ferris, S. and Mahuteau, S. 2007. The impact of children on Australian women’s and men’ s superannuation. Proceedings of the HILDA Survey Research Conference 2007. University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Parr, N. 2007. Which men remain childless: the effects of early lifecourse, family formation, working life and attitudinal variables. Paper presented to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 29-31 March in New York, USA.
Parr, N. 2006. Who stops at one: evidence from Australia. Paper presented to the Australian Population Association conference in Adelaide, South Australia 5-8 December 2006 and to the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America 29-31 March in New York, USA.
Parr, N.. (2005) “Why Your Siblings Cost You Grades, Income and Savings, Especially If You’re Female”. Paper presented to the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America at Philadelphia, PA, USA, 31 March-2 April 2005.
Parr, N. (2004) “Family Background, Schooling and Childlessness in Australia”. Paper presented to the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America at Boston, USA, April 1-3, 2004.
Guo, F. and Parr, N.J. (2003). “Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia”. Paper presented to the Population Association of America 2003 Annual Meeting at Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1-3 2003.
Parr, N. (2003) “Family Background, Schooling and Childlessness in Australia: What HILDA Tells Us”. Paper presented to the British Society of Population Studies at Bristol, UK, September 10-12 2003.
Parr, N. and Guo, F. (2003) “The Representation of Migrants in Professional Occupations in Australia”. Paper presented to the 2003 European Association of Population Studies at Warsaw, Poland 26-30 August 2003.
Parr, N. and Guo, F. (2003). “Occupational Concentration and Mobility of Asian Immigrants in Australia”. Paper presented to the British Society of Population Studies at Bristol, UK, September 10-12 2003.
Parr, N. (2001). “Mass Media Promotion of Family Planning and the Use of Modern Contraception in Ghana”. Paper presented to the XXIV General Conference of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Salvador, Brazil 18-24 August 2001.
Lucas, D. and Parr, N.J. (2000). "Diasporas and Branch Migration". Paper presented to the Tenth National Conference of the Australian Population Association, Melbourne, Victoria. 28th November-1 st December 2000.
Weerasinghe, D. and Parr, N.J. (1999). "The Effects of Wealth on Marital Fertility in Sri Lanka". Paper presented to Asia, Sri Lanka and Diasporic Communities, the 7th Sri Lanka Studies Conference, Canberra 3rd-6th December 1999.
Parr, N., Taylor, R., Anura, P., Boyages, J., Beller, E., Brassil, A. and Stubbs, J. (1998). “A Demographically-based Approach to Projecting the Demand For Mammographic Screening in New South Wales”. Paper presented to the Ninth National Conference of the Australian Population Association at the University of Queensland, Brisbane 29th September- 2nd October 1998 and to the Annual Conference of the Southern Demographic Association in Annapolis, Maryland 29th-31st October 1998.
Boyages, J., Beller, E., Taylor, R., Parr, N.J., Anura, P., Apostolopoulos, P., Stubbs, J., and Brassil, A., (1997) “Moving Targets - Projecting Mammographic Screening Targets in NSW”. Paper presented to the Breastscreen Australia at Five Years Conference at Breastscreen Australia, Canberra 21st-23rd August 1997.
Parr, N.J. and Mok, M. (1996) “New South Wales Students’ Plans to Take a Year Off and Their Plans to Go Overseas: A Multilevel Analysis of a Bivariate Binary Response”. Paper presented to the Essex ‘96 Fourth International Conference on Social Science Methodology at Essex University, 1st-4th July 1996.
Parr, N.J. (1995) “Analysing Fertility in West Africa Using Multilevel Poisson Models”. Paper Presented to the Multilevel Models Workshop at RSSS, ANU, Canberra.
Consultancy Reports
Parr, N. and Owens, L. (2001). “Demographic Report to the Parents and Citizens Association of Hunters Hill High School”.
Boyages, J., Brassil, A., Anura, P., Parr, N., Taylor, R., Beller, E., Apostolopoulos, P., and Stubbs, J. (1997) “Projections of Mammographic Screens in NSW women to 2007”. NSW Breast Cancer Institute Technical Report 970401.
Lee, T., Mok, M., Bundesen, C., & Parr, N. (1997). Specifying the Internal and Candidate Group Profiles of IELTS Results in 1996 from Australian Test Centres. Report submitted to the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) (Australia).
Lee, T., Mok, M., Wylie, E. and Parr, N. (1996) “A Comparative Study of IELTS and ACCESS Test Results: Final Report”. Access Research Project 1996 No. 1
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