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The future of Australia’s Indigenous Population, 2011–61

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Existing projections of Australia’s Indigenous Population suffer from a number of limitations: problematic input data, unsatisfactory projection model design, and poor forecast performance. The aim of this study was to create a new model for projecting that population that better represents the demographic processes at work, and that makes use of a newly available data source on identification change. A new projection model is presented that explicitly incorporates ethnic-identification change, and mixed (Indigenous/Non-Indigenous) partnering and childbearing. It is a composite static–dynamic model which takes a multi-state form where data allow. The model was used to produce projections for the 2011–61 period. Rapid growth of the Indigenous Population is expected, with population momentum, identification change, and mixed partnering and childbearing shown to contribute more to growth than above-replacement fertility and increasing life expectancy. The future growth of Australia’s Indigenous Population is thus intimately connected to its interaction with the Non-Indigenous Population.

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  • Tom Wilson, 2016. "The future of Australia’s Indigenous Population, 2011–61," Population Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 70(3), pages 311-326, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpstxx:v:70:y:2016:i:3:p:311-326
    DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2016.1224372
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    1. Fiona Shalley & Kalinda Griffiths & Tom Wilson, 2023. "No Longer Indigenous," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 42(4), pages 1-27, August.
    2. Tom Wilson & Jeromey Temple & Anthony Lyons, 2021. "Projecting the sexual minority population: Methods, data, and illustrative projections for Australia," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 45(12), pages 361-396.

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