Dr Nicholas Biddle (deputy director of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods) along with Dr Liz Allen and Heather Crawford (from the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) present their work examining the variation in fertility by Indigenous status, and how intended fertility differs by Indigenous status and mixed partnering.

Data are analysed from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset (ACLD) and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. The results from this work comprise part of a larger project intended to assist in more informed policy debates and resource allocation through the development of improved projections of the Indigenous population in Australia.