Australian family formation project, Melbourne survey, 1977: Follow-up survey

This survey consists of three segments: a follow-up survey of respondents first interviewed in 1971; a survey of recently married women; and a survey of never married males and females aged 18 to 25. Topics investigated were age at and reasons for leaving parents' home, subsequent living arrangements, child care arrangements where applicable, personal relationships, history of contraceptive use, and attitudes to sexual intercourse, contraception, family planning, family formation, spacing of children and family size. An omnibus section in each study asked for opinions on marriage, child-bearing, the role of women, assistance to parents and personal expectations. A final section consists of in-depth questions about attitudes to child-rearing, marriage, over population, pressures on housewives and working wives, the women's liberation movement, and motherhood. Background variables were date of birth, birthplace of self, parents and spouse (if applicable), education, occupation, employment status, income, holidays abroad and ownership of pets and consumer durables.