Dr Gordon Carmichael
Areas of expertise
- Fertility 160302
- Health Care Administration 111709
- Family And Household Studies 160301
- Health And Community Services 111708
- Population Trends And Policies 160305
- Health Policy 160508
- Mortality 160304
- Culture, Gender, Sexuality 200205
- Public Health And Health Services 1117
- Demography 1603
Research interests
Family formation in Australia and elsewhere using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies; Adolescent sexual behaviour (especially in Thailand and Australia); Marriage and consensual partnering trends and patterns (especially in Australia, New Zealand and Thailand); Thailand's mortality transition; Health systems research; Australian historical demography; Thailand's health transition; Trans-Tasman migration; Demography of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand; Nonmarital fertility trends in Australia and New Zealand; Family dissolution trends
Current student projects
PhDs Currently Being Supervised
Kim Xu, Continuity and Change in Chinese Marriage Patterns 1949-2010
Past student projects
PhDs Supervised
W.I. (Lal) De Silva (Sri Lanka), Reproductive Preferences and Subsequent Behaviour of Sri Lankan Women, graduated 1990 (currently Professor and Head, Department of Demography, University of Colombo).
Stephen Buetow (New Zealand), Risk Factors for Perinatal Death in New South Wales, graduated 1991 (currently Associate Professor, Shool of Population Health, Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland).
Abdur Razzaque (Bangladesh), Reproductive Preferences and Subsequent Behaviour in a Rural Area of Bangladesh, graduated 1995 (currently Scientist, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Romeo Lee (Philippines), Towards Male Involvement in Population and AIDS Programs in the Philippines: Exploring Heterosexual Dating and Sexual Behaviour, and Condom Use Among Unmarried Young Males, graduated 1996 (currently Associate Professor and Chair, Behavioural Sciences Department, De La Salle University, Manila).
Josephine O’Toole (England), Reproductive Tract Infections and Women’s Reproductive Health in Ado-Ekiti, Southwest Nigeria, graduated 1996 (current whereabouts unknown).
Libor Stloukal (Czech Republic), Demographic Aspects of Abortion in Eastern Europe: A Study With Special Reference to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, graduated 1996 (has previously held academic posts at Charles University, Prague and the University of Exeter; currently Population Policy Expert, FAO, Rome).
Ghulam Arif (Pakistan), International Contract Labour Migration and the Reintegration of Return Migrants: The Experience of Pakistan, graduated 1997 (Head, Demography, Poverty and Labour Dynamics Division, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad).
John Bryant (New Zealand), The State, Demographic Change, and the Family in Northern Vietnam, 1945-1995, graduated 1997 (having worked at Khon Kaen and Mahidol Universities in Thailand, the University of Otago and the New Zealand Treasury, currently is Senior Research Statistician, Statistics New Zealand).
M. Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (Iran), Fertility Patterns of Selected Australian Immigrant Groups, 1977-1991, graduated 1998 (currently Professor of Demography, University of Teheran).
Natalie Jackson (New Zealand), Ethic Stratification in New Zealand: A 'Total Social Production' Perspective, graduated 1998 (currently Professor of Demography and Director, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato).
Hossein Mahmoudian (Iran), Migration and Change in Muslim Fertility in Australia, graduated 1998 (currently Associate Professor and Head, Department of Demography, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Teheran).
Joseph Pitso (Botswana), Marriage and Non-marital Childbearing in Botswana: The Case of Thamaga Village, graduated 1998 (currently member of faculty, Department of Population Studies, University of Botswana).
Qingfeng Zou (China/New Zealand), Mortality Experience from Injury and Violence in Australia, graduated 1998 (current whereabouts unknown).
Muhammad Hafeez (Pakistan), Gender and Other Differences in Health: Findings From Urban and Rural Sites in Lahore and Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, graduated 2001 (currently Professor and Director, Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore).
Ann Evans (Australia), Motherhood or Abortion: Pregnancy Resolution Decisions of Australian Teenagers, graduated 2002 (currently Fellow, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, ANU).
Michelle La Sen (Australia), Infant and Child Mortality Among Indigenous and In-migrant Populations of Southern Mindanao, The Philippines, graduated 2002 (currently Lecturer, School of Education, James Cook University).
Kasumi Nishigaya (Japan), Gender, Mobility and Premarital Sexuality: A Case Study of Women in the Garment Manufacturing Industry in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, graduated 2006 (currently Adjunct Research Fellow, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU).
Xiaoyun Sun (China), Community Health Financing in Rural China: The New Cooperative Medical Scheme and Its Impact on Health Care Provision and Financial Protection, graduated 2007 (currently Deputy Director, Division of Community Health and Maternal & Child Health, Health Department of Shandong Province, Jinan).
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan (Thailand), Measuring and Decomposing Inequalities in Health Status and Use of Health Services in Thailand, graduated 2009 (currently Postdoctoral Fellow, NCEPH, ANU).
Arunrat Tangmunkongvorakul (Thailand), Sexual Health in Transition: Adolescent Lifestyles and Relationships in Contemporary Chiang Mai, Thailand, graduated 2009 (currently Researcher, Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University).
Lynelle Moon (Australia), The Impact of the Health Care System on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Coronary Heart Disease in Australia: A Population-level Study of 45-74 Year Olds, graduated 2011 (currently Head, Cardiovascular, Diabetes and Kidney Unit, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare).
Shampa Barua (Australia/Bangladesh), Determinants of Maternal and Newborn Health and Survival in Three Rural Areas of Bangladesh, graduated 2013 (currently employed by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare).
Dintle Molosiwa (Botswana), Trust and the Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Services in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Palapye, Botswana, Graduated 2014 (currently Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town, South Africa).
Bich Ha Dao (Vietnam), Impact of Rural-urban Migration on Gender and Power Relations in Mother-migrant/Father-caregiver Families in Southern Vietnam, Graduated 2018 (current employment unknown)
Publications
- Carmichael, G 2019, 'Indigenous fertility in Australia: updating Alan Gray', Journal of Population Research, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 283-317.
- Carmichael, G 2016, Fundamentals of Demographic Analysis: Concepts, Measures and Methods, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht and London.
- Carmichael, G 2014, 'Non-marital pregnancy and the second demographic transition in Australia in historical perspective', Demographic Research, vol. 30, no. 21, pp. 609-640.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Berecki-Gisolf J, Bain C, et al. 2014. Predictors of injury mortality: findings from a large national cohort in Thailand. BMJ Open; 4(6):e004668.
- Zhao, J, Seubsman, S, Sleigh, A et al [Harley D] 2014, 'Timing of urbanisation and cardiovascular risks in Thailand: Evidence from 51 936 members of the Thai Cohort Study, 2005-2009', Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 484-493.
- Carmichael, G 2013, 'Estimating paternity in Australia, 1976-2010', Fathering, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 256-279.
- Carmichael, G 2013, Decisions to Have Children in Late 20th and Early 21st Century Australia: A Qualitative Analysis, Springer, New York USA.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Carmichael, G, Banwell, C et al. 2012, 'COITAL EXPERIENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN THREE SOCIAL-EDUCATIONAL GROUPS IN URBAN CHIANG MAI, THAILAND', Asian Population Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 39-63.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Banwell, C, Carmichael, G et al. 2012, 'Use and perceptions of sexual and reproductive health services among Northern Thai adolescents', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 479-500.
- Birecki-Gisolf, J, McClure, R, Seubsman, S et al. 2012, 'Reporting of lifetime fractures: Methodological considerations and results from the Thai Cohort Study', BMJ Open, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1-6.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Banwell, C, Carmichael, G et al. 2011, 'Birth control, pregnancy and abortion among adolescents in Chiang Mai, Thailand', Asian Population Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 15-34.
- Carmichael, G 2011, 'Exploring Thailand's mortality transition with the aid of life tables', Asia Pacific Viewpoint, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 85-105.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Carmichael, G, Banwell, C et al. 2010, 'Intimate relationships amongst adolescents in different social groups in Northern Thailand', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1475-1493.
- Carmichael, G & Whittaker, A 2010, 'Living together in Australia', in Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (ed.), Sociological odyssey: Contemporary readings in introductory sociology, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont, CA, pp. 271-79.
- Carmichael, G & Whittaker, A 2010, 'Living together in Australia', in Adler, Patricia & Adler Peter (ed.), Sociological odyssey: Contemporary readings in introductory sociology, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Belmont CA, pp. 271-279.
- Lasen, M & Carmichael, G 2010, Demography of the Koronadal B'la-an: A comparative study of child survival in the Tampakan Highlands, Southern Philippines, Vdm Verlag Dr Muller, Saarbrucken Germany, 295 pp.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Carmichael, G, Banwell, C et al. 2011, 'Sexual perceptions and practices of young people in Northern Thailand', Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 315-339.
- Seubsman S, Kelly M, Yiengprugsawan V. 2010. Gender, socioeconomic status, and self-rated health: evidence from Thailand. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 23(5): 754-765.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Carmichael GA, et al. 2011. Explanation of inequality before and after universal health insurance in Thailand. Health Policy and Planning. 26(2):105-114.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Banwell, C, Carmichael, G et al. 2010, 'Sexual identities and lifestyles among non-heterosexual urban Chiang Mai youth: implications for health', Culture, Health and Sexuality, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 827-841.
- Kelly M, Banwell C, Dixon J, Seubsman S, Yiengprugsawan V, Sleigh AC. 2010. Nutrition transition, food retailing and health equity in Thailand. Australasian Epidemiologist. 17(3): 4-7.
- Sun, X, Sleigh, A, Carmichael, G et al 2010, 'Health payment-induced poverty under China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme in rural Shandong', Health Policy and Planning: vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 419-426.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Dear K BG, Lim L L-Y, et al. 2010. Decomposing socioeconomic inequality for binary health outcomes: an improved estimation that does not vary by choice of reference group, BMC Research Notes. 3(57): doi 10.1186/1756-0500-3-57.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Khamman S et al. 2010. Personal Wellbeing Index in a national cohort of 87,134 Thai adults. Social Indicators Research. 98(2): 201-215.
- Razzaque, A, Carmichael, G & Streatfield, P 2009, 'Adult mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: levels, trends, socio-domographic differentials and causes of death', Asian Population Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 85-100.
- Sun, X, Jackson, S, Carmichael, G et al 2009, 'Prescribing behaviour of village doctors under China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 68, pp. 1775-1779.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Lim L L-Y, Carmichael GA, Sleigh AC. 2009. Tracking and decomposing health and disease inequality in Thailand. Annals of Epidemiology. 19(11): 800-7.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Seubsman S, Sleigh AC. 2009. Use and foregone health services among 87,134 Thai adults. Southeast Asian J Tropical Medicine & Public Health. 40(6):1347-58.
- Carmichael, G 2008, 'Demographic disequilibrium in early twentieth century Thailand: Falling mortality, rising fertility, or both?', Asian Population Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 161-176.
- Sun, X, Jackson, S, Carmichael, G et al 2008, 'Catastrophic medical payment and financial protection in rural China: Evidence from the new cooperative medical scheme in Shandong province', Health Economics, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 103-119.
- Sleigh, A, Seubsman, S, Bain, C et al. 2008, 'Cohort Profile: The Thai Cohort of 87 134 Open University students', International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 266-272.
- Sun, X, Sleigh, A, Li, S et al 2007, 'A case study of the impact of the New Cooperative Medical System on financial protection in a rural population', Chinese Health Economics, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 14-17.
- Carmichael, G & Whittaker, A 2007, 'Living together in Australia: Qualitative insights into a complex phenomenon', Journal of Family Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 202-23.
- Carmichael, G & Whittaker, A 2007, 'Choice and circumstance: Qualitative insights into contemporary childlessness in Australia', European Journal of Population, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 111-143.
- Sun, X, Sleigh, A, Carmichael, G et al 2007, 'Measuring the impact of the New Cooperative Medical Scheme on financial protection in a rural population', Chinese Health Economics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 49-51.
- Carmichael, G & Whittaker, A 2007, 'Forming relationships in Australia: qualitative insights into a process important to human wellbeing.', Journal of Population Research, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 23-49.
- Yiengprugsawan V, Lim L L-Y, Sidorenko A, et al. 2007. Measuring and decomposing inequity in self-reported health in Thailand. International Journal of Equity in Health. 6(23):1-17. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-6-23.
- Carmichael, G & McDonald, P 2003, 'Fertility trends and differentials', in Khoo, Siew-Ean & McDonald, Peter (ed.), The transformation of Australia's population: 1970-2030, UNSW Press, Sydney, pp. 40-76.
- Pitso, J & Carmichael, G 2003, 'Premarital childbearing in Thamaga village, Botswana', Journal of Population Research, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 187-202.
- Carmichael, G 2002, 'Taking Stock at the Millennium: Family Formation in Australia', in Gordon A. carmichael & A. Dharmalingam (ed.), Populations of New Zealand and Australia at the millennium, Joint special issue of the Journal of Population Research and the New Zealand Population Review, pp. 91-104.
- Carmichael, G 2001, 'New Zealanders', in James Jupp (ed.), The Australian People: An encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne Australia, pp. 602-608pp.
- Carmichael, G & Mason, C 2000, 'Consensual partnering in Australia: A review and 1991 census profile - Part 2: Other Socio-demographic, socio-economic and geographic characteristics', Journal of Population Research, vol. 16, pp. 1-27.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Thai Health-Risk Transition: A National Cohort Study Phase II (Secondary Investigator)