EDITOR'S NOTE Welcome to the second issue of the Journal of Population Research. Most of the papers appearing in this issue of the Journal of Population Research emanate from a seminar held earlier this year addressing the 'motherhood questions' surrounding gender and reproductive choice and their relationship to fertility. Five selected papers from the seminar are published under the guest editorship of Professors Alison Mackinnon and Lois Bryson. Drawing on both historical and contemporary material from English, European and Australian experience spanning the twentieth century, the papers examine the issues involved in reproduction, reproductive health and reproductive choice at both the policy and individual levels. A more detailed overview of these five papers is presented in the Editorial by Mackinnon and Bryson following this Note. This issue also contains a Research Note presenting the results of a content analysis of all articles published in the Journal of the Australian Population Association (JAPA), the forerunner of JPR, during its sixteen-year history. This includes a comparison with a similar analysis of Demography, the official journal of the Population Association of America, undertaken in 1993 to celebrate thirty years of publication. The findings show that the characteristics of articles published in JAPA reflected its Australian focus and context, as is to be expected. Nevertheless the wide range of subject areas covered and the increasing sophistication over time provided a solid basis from which to launch the Journal of Population Research with its international focus. The first two issues of JPR proudly demonstrate this new beginning, particularly in terms of international authorship and geographic coverage. Looking briefly ahead, the next issue of JPR will feature articles on net migration and migration effectiveness in Australia and the United Kingdom (Part 2 of Stillwell et al.), policy responses to low fertility and its consequences at the global level (Caldwell, Caldwell and McDonald), the impact of peri-urban population growth (Ford) and the decomposition of divorce rates (Khoo and Zhao). The first issue of JPR was very favourably received and I trust that the present issue meets with similar acclaim. Heather Booth November 2000

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EDITOR'S N O T E

Welcome to the second issue of the Journal of Population Research. Most of the papers appearing in this issue of the Journal of Population Research

emanate from a seminar held earlier this year addressing the 'motherhood questions' surrounding gender and reproductive choice and their relationship to fertility. Five selected papers from the seminar are published under the guest editorship of Professors Alison Mackinnon and Lois Bryson. Drawing on both historical and contemporary material from English, European and Australian experience spanning the twentieth century, the papers examine the issues involved in reproduction, reproductive health and reproductive choice at both the policy and individual levels. A more detailed overview of these five papers is presented in the Editorial by Mackinnon and Bryson following this Note.

This issue also contains a Research Note presenting the results of a content analysis of all articles published in the Journal of the Australian Population Association (JAPA), the forerunner of JPR, during its sixteen-year history. This includes a comparison with a similar analysis of Demography, the official journal of the Population Association of America, undertaken in 1993 to celebrate thirty years of publication. The findings show that the characteristics of articles published in JAPA reflected its Australian focus and context, as is to be expected. Nevertheless the wide range of subject areas covered and the increasing sophistication over time provided a solid basis from which to launch the Journal of Population Research with its international focus. The first two issues of JPR proudly demonstrate this new beginning, particularly in terms of international authorship and geographic coverage.

Looking briefly ahead, the next issue of JPR will feature articles on net migration and migration effectiveness in Australia and the United Kingdom (Part 2 of Stillwell et al.), policy responses to low fertility and its consequences at the global level (Caldwell, Caldwell and McDonald), the impact of peri-urban population growth (Ford) and the decomposition of divorce rates (Khoo and Zhao).

The first issue of JPR was very favourably received and I trust that the present issue meets with similar acclaim.

Heather Booth November 2000