The Australian baby bonus maternity payment and birth characteristics in Western Australia.

BACKGROUND: The Australian baby bonus maternity payment introduced in 2004 has been reported to have successfully increased fertility rates in Australia. We aimed to investigate the influence of the baby bonus on maternal demographics and birth characteristics in Western Australia (WA). METHODS AND...

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Main Authors: Kristjana Einarsdóttir, Amanda Langridge, Geoffrey Hammond, Anthony S Gunnell, Fatima A Haggar, Fiona J Stanley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3492246?pdf=render