Dr Belinda Hewitt
Honorary Associate Professor
Institute for Social Science Research
Doctor Hewitt is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Science Research, with interests in gender and the causes and consequences of life course and longitudinal transitions for individuals and families. Prior to her postdoctoral fellowship Doctor Hewitt was a PhD candidate in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland and held various research assistant positions over that time.
Doctor Hewitt’s doctoral work systematically examined the gendered nature of the determinants of marital separation and which spouse initiates separation. During her postdoctoral work her research interests expanded into the longitudinal analysis of relationship and family transitions. A major theme of this work was to better understand how the social circumstances surrounding marriage dissolution (i.e. separation, divorce, widowhood) influenced health and household income. A second major research theme developed during her postdoctoral research examined the impact of family transitions on paid and unpaid labour in households, with Janeen Baxter and Michele Haynes,
In a project, with Professor Janeen Baxter, Doctor Hewitt is investigating contemporary understandings and meanings of marriage. Doctor Hewitt is also a Chief Investigator, with a major role in the management of the FaHCSIA funded evaluation of the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme led by Professor Bill Martin. This project is investigating the immediate and intermediate outcomes of the introduction of the Governments PPL scheme for mothers’ health, employment and gender equity. In an NHMRC project with colleagues at the University of Melbourne, Doctor Hewitt is expanding this important work on Paid Parental Leave with a particular focus on the schemes impact on the mental health of young mothers.
Broadly, the key themes running through her work are gender differences in relationships and family dynamics and the use of longitudinal and life course approaches to understanding changes in families. Doctor Hewitt’s future research is going to focus on the consequences of changes in family structure and increasingly diverse family life pathways for mental and physical health and the extent these health consequences differ by gender, age, socioeconomic status and Indigenous status.
Research interests
- The causes and consequences of relationship dissolution
- Work, families and health
- Longitudinal and life course approaches to understanding relationship and family transitions and trajectories
- The gendered nature of relationships and families
Publications
Books
Hewitt, Belinda (2009). Who gets divorced in Australia? Gender, social determinants and initiation of separation.. Koln, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.
Hewitt, Belinda (2008). Marriage breakdown in Australia: Social correlates, gender and initatior status. Canberra, Australia: Dept. of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Book Chapters
Dunstan, Laura, Hewitt, Belinda and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2021). Factors that influence affective engagement with school: evidence from Wave 6 of Footprints in Time. A decade of data: Findings from the first 10 years of Footprints in Time. (pp. 46-53) Canberra, ACT Australia: Department of Social Services.
Hewitt, Belinda, Voorpostel, Marieke and Turrell, Gavin (2018). Exploring the cohabitation gap in relationship dissolution and health and wellbeing: a longitudinal analysis of transitions from cohabitation and marriage in Switzerland and Australia. Social dynamics in Swiss society empirical studies based on the Swiss household panel. (pp. 31-46) edited by Robin Tillmann, Marieke Voorpostel and Peter Farago. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerOpen. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-89557-4_3
Hewitt, Belinda and Brady, Michelle (2018). Making and unmaking families. Handbook on gender and social policy. (pp. 289-306) edited by Sheila Shaver. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar.
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Rose, Judy (2015). Marriage. Family Formation in 21st Century Australia. (pp. 31-51) edited by Genevieve Heard and Dharmalingham Arunachalam. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer - Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9279-0_3
Hewitt, Belinda and Baxter, Janeen (2015). Relationship Dissolution. Family Formation in 21st Century Australia. (pp. 77-99) edited by Genevieve Heard and Dharmalingam Arunachalam. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9279-0_5
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda, Haynes, Michele and Western, Mark (2013). Pathways through the life course: The effect of relationship and parenthood transitions on domestic labour. Negotiating the Life Course: Stability and change in life pathways. (pp. 145-160) edited by Ann Evans and Janeen Baxter. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-8912-0_8
Hewitt, Belinda (2013). Who gets divorced? the social determinants of marital separation over the life course. Negotiating the Life Course: Stability and change in life pathways. (pp. 121-144) edited by Ann Evans and Janeen Baxter. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-8912-0_7
Journal Articles
Heley, Emma and Hewitt, Belinda (2022). Same-sex marriage and remarriage in Australia, 2018-2020. Australian Population Studies, 6 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.37970/aps.v6i1.96
Hewitt, Belinda, Yerkes, Mara A., Cooklin, Amanda and Strazdins, Lyndall (2022). Reciprocal relationships between time pressure and mental or physical health in Australian mothers of preschool aged children. Social Science and Medicine, 301 114937, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114937
Tan, Xiao, Ruppanner, Leah, Hewitt, Belinda and Maume, David (2022). Restless sleep and emotional wellbeing among European full-time dual-earner couples: gendered impacts of children and workplace demands. Contemporary Social Science, 17 (4), 396-411. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2022.2033305
Coles, Laetitia, Thorpe, Karen, Smith, Simon, Hewitt, Belinda, Ruppanner, Leah, Bayliss, Olivia, O'Flaherty, Martin and Staton, Sally (2022). Children's sleep and fathers' health and wellbeing: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 61 101570, 101570. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101570
Hewitt, Belinda (2021). The dynamics of family formation and dissolution. Australian Economic Review, 54 (4), 506-517. doi: 10.1111/1467-8462.12445
Scovelle, A. J., King, T., Shields, M., O'Neil, A., Lallukka, T., Hewitt, B. and Milner, A. (2021). Do psychosocial job stressors differentially affect the sleep quality of men and women? A study using the HILDA Survey. European Journal of Public Health, 31 (4), 736-738. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab056
Tan, Xiao, Ruppanner, Leah, Maume, David and Hewitt, Belinda (2021). Do managers sleep well? The role of gender, gender empowerment and economic development. PLoS One, 16 (3) e0247515. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247515
Hewitt, Belinda and Walter, Maggie (2021). The consequences of household composition and household change for Indigenous health: evidence from eight waves of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC). Health Sociology Review, 31 (2), 121-138. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2020.1865184
Ruppanner, Leah, Maltby, Ben, Hewitt, Belinda and Maume, David (2021). Parents’ sleep across weekdays and weekends: the influence of work, housework, and childcare time. Journal of Family Issues. doi: 10.1177/0192513X211017932
Dunstan, Laura, Hewitt, Belinda and Nakata, Sana (2020). Indigenous family life in Australia: a history of difference and deficit. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 55 (3), 323-338. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.90
Blom, Niels and Hewitt, Belinda (2020). Becoming a female-breadwinner household in Australia: changes in relationship satisfaction. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82 (4), 1340-1357. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12653
King, Tania, Hewitt, Belinda, Crammond, Bradley, Sutherland, Georgina, Maheen, Humaira and Kavanagh, Anne (2020). Reordering gender systems: can COVID-19 lead to improved gender equality and health?. The Lancet, 396 (10244), 80-81. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31418-5
Johnstone, Melissa, Lucke, J. and Hewitt, B. (2020). Life transitions and women’s desired number of children: the impact of motherhood, relationships and employment. Community, Work & Family, 24 (5), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/13668803.2020.1744526
Rose, Judy and Hewitt, Belinda (2019). Does part-time employment status really reduce time pressure?. Journal of Sociology, 55 (2), 366-388. doi: 10.1177/1440783318800822
Coles, Laetitia, Hewitt, Belinda and Martin, Bill (2018). Contemporary fatherhood: social, demographic and attitudinal factors associated with involved fathering and long work hours. Journal of Sociology, 54 (4), 591-608. doi: 10.1177/1440783317739695
Maume, David J., Hewitt, Belinda and Ruppanner, Leah (2018). Gender equality and restless sleep among partnered Europeans. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80 (4), 1040-1058. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12488
Lim, G. and Hewitt, B. (2018). Discrimination at the intersections: experiences of community and belonging in nonmonosexual persons of color. Journal of Bisexuality, 18 (3), 318-352. doi: 10.1080/15299716.2018.1518182
Parker, Polly, Hewitt, Belinda, Witheriff, Jennifer and Cooper, Amy (2018). Frank and fearless: supporting academic career progression for women in an Australian program. Administrative Sciences, 8 (1) 5, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/admsci8010005
Turrell, Gavin, Hewitt, Belinda A., Rachele, Jerome N., Giles-Corti, Billie, Busija, Lucy and Brown, Wendy J. (2018). Do active modes of transport cause lower body mass index? Findings from the HABITAT longitudinal study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 72 (4), 294-301. doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209957
Turrell, Gavin, Hewitt, Belinda A., Rachele, Jerome N., Giles-Corti, Billie and Brown, Wendy J. (2017). Prospective trends in body mass index by main transport mode, 2007-2013. Journal of Transport and Health, 8, 183-192. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.12.004
Dunstan, Laura, Hewitt, Belinda and Tomaszewski, Wojtek (2017). Indigenous children's affective engagement with school: The influence of socio-structural, subjective and relational factors. Australian Journal of Education, 61 (3), 250-269. doi: 10.1177/0004944117732637
Poortman, Anne-Rigt and Hewitt, Belinda (2017). Editorial for special collection on new relationships from a comparative perspective. Demographic Research, 37 (1), 13-24. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.2
Hewitt, Belinda, Strazdins, Lyndall and Martin, Bill (2017). The benefits of paid maternity leave for mothers' post-partum health and wellbeing: evidence from an Australian evaluation. Social Science and Medicine, 182, 97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.022
Aitken, Zoe, Hewitt, Belinda, Keogh, Louise, LaMontagne, Anthony D., Bentley, Rebecca and Kavanagh, Anne M. (2016). Young maternal age at first birth and mental health later in life: does the association vary by birth cohort?. Social Science and Medicine, 157, 9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.037
Garrett, Cameryn C., Keogh, Louise, Hewitt, Belinda, Newton, Danielle C. and Kavanagh, Anne M. (2016). Young mothers’ experiences of receiving the baby bonus: a qualitative study. Australian Social Work, 70 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2015.1128453
Poortman, Anne-Rigt and Hewitt, Belinda (2015). Gender differences in relationship preferences after union dissolution. Advances in Life Course Research, 26 (1), 11-21. doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2015.07.002
Haynes, Michele, Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2015). Time on housework and selection into and out of relationships in Australia: a multiprocess, multilevel approach. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 6 (3), 245-263. doi: 10.14301/llcs.v6i3.303
Aitken, Zoe, Garrett, Cameryn C., Hewitt, Belinda, Keogh, Louise, Hocking, Jane S. and Kavanagh, Anne M. (2015). The maternal health outcomes of paid maternity leave: a systematic review. Social Science and Medicine, 130, 32-41. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.001
Smith, Jonathan, Hewitt, Belinda and Skrbis, Zlatko (2015). Digital socialization: young people's changing value orientations towards internet use between adolescence and early adulthood. Information Communication and Society, 18 (9), 1022-1038. doi: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1007074
Natalier, Kristin and Hewitt, Belinda (2014). Separated parents reproducing and undoing gender through defining legitimate uses of child support. Gender and Society, 28 (6), 904-925. doi: 10.1177/0891243214546933
Turrell, Gavin, Hewitt, Belinda, Haynes, Michele, Nathan, Andrea and Giles-Corti, Billie (2014). Change in walking for transport: a longitudinal study of the influence of neighbourhood disadvantage and individual-level socioeconomic position in mid-aged adults. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11 (1) 151, 151.1-151.20. doi: 10.1186/s12966-014-0151-7
Hewitt, Belinda and Walter, Maggie (2014). Preschool participation among Indigenous children in Australia. Family Matters, 95 (95), 41-50.
van der Lippe, Tanja, Voorpostel, Marieke and Hewitt, Belinda (2014). Disagreements among cohabiting and married couples in 22 European countries. Demographic Research, 31 (1), 247-273. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.10
Tai, Tsui-o, Baxter, Janeen and Hewitt, Belinda (2014). Do co-residence and intentions make a difference? Relationship satisfaction in married, cohabiting, and living apart together couples in four countries. Demographic Research, 31 (1), 71-104. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.3
Whitehouse, Gillian, Hewitt, Belinda, Martin, Bill and Baird, Marian (2013). Employer-paid maternity leave in Australia: a comparison of uptake and duration in 2005 and 2010. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 16 (3), 311-327.
Hewitt, Belinda, Haynes, Michele and Baxter, Janeen (2013). Relationship dissolution and time on housework. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 44 (3), 327-340. doi: 10.3138/jcfs.44.3.327
Rose, Judy, Hewitt, Belinda and Baxter, Janeen (2013). Women and part-time employment: easing or squeezing time pressure?. Journal of Sociology, 49 (1), 41-59. doi: 10.1177/1440783311419907
Baxter, Janeen and Hewitt, Belinda (2013). Negotiating domestic labor: women's earnings and housework time in Australia. Feminist Economics, 19 (1), 29-53. doi: 10.1080/13545701.2012.744138
Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele, Western, Mark and Hewitt, Belinda (2013). Gender, justice and domestic work: life course transitions and perceptions of fairness. Longtitudinal and Life Course Studies, 4 (1), 78-85.
Cooke, Lynn Prince, Erola, Jani, Evertsson, Marie, Gahler, Michael, Harkonen, Juho, Hewitt, Belinda, Jalovaara, Marika, Kan, Man-Yee, Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde, Mencarini, Lyngstad., Mignot, Jean-Francois, Mortelmans, Dimitri, Poortman, Anne-Rigt, Schmitt, Christian and Trappe, Heike (2013). Labor and love: Wives' employment and divorce risk in its socio-political context. Social Politics, 20 (4), 482-509. doi: 10.1093/sp/jxt016
Dempsey, Deborah and Hewitt, Belinda (2012). Editorial: Fatherhood in the 21st Century. Journal of Family Studies, 18 (2-3), 98-102. doi: 10.5172/jfs.2012.18.2-3.98
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Mieklejohn, Cameron (2012). Non-standard employment and fathers’ time in household labour. Journal of Family Studies, 18 (2-3), 175-186. doi: 10.5172/jfs.2012.18.2-3.175
Hewitt, Belinda, Craig, Lyn and Baxter, Janeen (2012). Editorial: family, work and well-being over the life course. Journal of Population Research, 29 (4), 289-292. doi: 10.1007/s12546-012-9101-x
Hewitt, Belinda (2012). Review of Household divisions of labour: teamwork, gender and time by Elisa Rose Birch, Anh T. Le and Paul W. Miller. Journal of Sociology, 48 (3), 323-325.
Turrell, Gavin, Hewitt, Belinda A. and Miller, Sophie A. (2012). The influence of neighbourhood disadvantage on smoking cessation and its contribution to inequalities in smoking status. Drug and Alcohol Review, 31 (5), 645-652. doi: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00452.x
Hewitt, Belinda, Turrell, Gavin and Giskes, Katrina (2012). Marital loss, mental health and the role of perceived social support: Findings from six waves of an Australian population based panel study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 66 (4), 308-314. doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.104893
Hewitt, Belinda and Baxter, Janeen (2012). Who gets married in Australia? The characteristics associated with a transition into first marriage 2001–6. Journal of Sociology, 48 (1), 43-61. doi: 10.1177/1440783311411957
Skrbis, Zlatko, Western, Mark, Tranter, Bruce, Hogan, David, Coates, Rebecca, Smith, Jonathan, Hewitt, Belinda and Mayall, Margery (2012). Expecting the unexpected: Young people's expectations about marriage and family. Journal of Sociology, 48 (1), 63-83. doi: 10.1177/1440783311408968
Walter, Maggie and Hewitt, Belinda (2012). Post-separation parenting and indigenous families. Family Matters, 91 (1), 83-91.
Hewitt, Belinda and Turrell, Gavin (2011). Short-term functional health and well-being after marital separation: Does initiator status make a difference?. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173 (11), 1308-1318. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr007
Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele and Hewitt, Belinda (2010). Pathways into marriage : Cohabitation and the domestic division of labor. Journal of Family Issues, 31 (11), 1507-1529. doi: 10.1177/0192513X10365817
Natalier, Kristin and Hewitt, Belinda (2010). 'It's not just about the money': Non-resident fathers' perspectives on paying child support. Sociology, 44 (3), 489-505. doi: 10.1177/0038038510362470
Walter, Maggie, Hewitt, Belinda, Natalier, Kristin, Wulff, Maryann and Reynolds, Margaret (2010). The implications of child support for housing after relationship dissolution. Journal of Family Studies, 16 (1), 77-87. doi: 10.5172/jfs.16.1.77
Hewitt, Belinda, England, Paula, Baxter, Janeen and Shafer, Emily Fitzgibbons (2010). Education and unintended pregnancies in Australia: Do differences in relationship status and age at birth explain the education gradient?. Population Review, 49 (1), 36-52. doi: 10.1353/prv.2010.0000
Hewitt, Belinda and De Vaus, David (2009). Change in the association between premarital cohabitation and separation, Australia 1945-2000. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71 (2), 353-361. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00604.x
Hewitt, Belinda (2009). Which spouse initiates marital separation when there are children involved?. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71 (2), 362-372. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00603.x
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2009). Who uses paid domestic labor in Australia? Choice and constraint in hiring household help. Feminist Economics, 15 (1), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/13545700802248989
Hewitt, Belinda (2008). Contemporary motherhood: the impact of children on adult time. Journal of Sociology, 44 (4), 434-435. doi: 10.1177/14407833080440040902
Baxter, J., Hewitt, B. and Haynes, Michele A. (2008). Life course transitions and housework: Marriage, parenthood and time on housework. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70 (2), 259-272. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00479.x
Natalier, Kristin, Walter, Maggie, Wulff, Maryann, Reynolds, Margaret and Hewitt, Belinda (2008). Child support and housing outcomes. AHURI Final Report (113), 1-88.
Hewitt, Belinda, Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2006). Who Decides? The Social Characteristics of Who Initiates Marital Separation. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68 (5), 1165-1177. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00321.x
Hewitt, B, Baxter, J and Western, M (2006). Family, work and health - The impact of marriage, parenthood and employment on self-reported health of Australian men and women. Journal of Sociology, 42 (1), 61-78. doi: 10.1177/1440783306061353
Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2005). Post-Familial Families and the Domestic Division of Labour. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36 (4), 583-600. doi: 10.3138/jcfs.36.4.583
Western, Mark, Hewitt, Belinda and Baxter, Janeen (2005). Marriage and money: Variations across the earnings distribution. Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 8 (2), 163-179.
Baxter, J, Hewitt, B and Western, M (2005). Post-familial families and the domestic division of labour. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36 (4), 583-604.
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2005). Marriage breakdown in Australia - The social correlates of separation and divorce. Journal of Sociology, 41 (2), 163-183. doi: 10.1177/1440783305053235
Turrell, Gavin, Hewitt, Belinda, Patterson, Carla and Oldenburg, Brian (2003). Measuring socio-economic position in dietary research: is choice of socio-economic indicator important. Public Health Nutrition, 6 (2), 191-200. doi: 10.1079/PHN2002416
Turrell, G., Hewitt, B., Patterson, C., Oldenberg, B. and Gould, T. (2002). Socioeconomic differences in food purchasing behaviour and suggested implications for diet-related health promotion. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 15 (5), 355-364. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.2002.00384.x
Conference Papers
Coles, L., Thorpe, K., Smith, S., Hewitt, B., Ruppanner, L., Bayliss, O., O’Flaherty, M. and Staton, S. (2021). Children’s sleep and fathers’ health and wellbeing: a systematic review. 32nd annual scientific meeting of Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) & Australian and New Zealand Sleep Science Association (ANZSSA), Online, 10 - 13 October 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.072
Coles, Laetitia, Allen, Alicia, Westwood, Emily, Staton, Sally, Oakes, Candice, Hewitt, Belinda, Thorpe, Karen and Ruppanner, Leah (2019). Children’s sleep and fathers’ lives in the early years: a systematic review. Australian Father Research Consortium Symposium, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-3 May 2019.
Coles, Laetitia, Hewitt, Belinda and Martin, Bill (2015). Fatherhood in the 21st Century: who are the fathers who combine long work hours and caring for children?. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-26 November 2015. Cairns, QLD Australia: James Cook University.
Matin, Bill, Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Hewitt, Belinda (2014). When ‘non-standard’ is the norm: women’s employment and careers in female occupations. TASA (The Australian Sociology Association) Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 24-27 November 2014.
Hewitt, Belinda and Poortman, Anne-Rigt (2013). Household income after separation: does initiator status make a difference?. HILDA Survey Research Conference 2013, Melbourne, Australia, 3-4 October 2013. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute for Social and Economic Research, The University of Melbourne.
Hewitt, Belinda and Natalier, Kristin (2010). Flip Sides of the same coin: Similarities and differences in Mothers' and Fathers' perceptions of "appropriate" uses of child support monies. Australian Sociological Association Conference, Macquarie University, Sydney, 6 - 9 December, 2010. Macquarie University: The Australian Sociological Association.
Haynes, Michele, Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2010). Marital status transitions and domestic labour: A multiprocess, multilevel approach. ASA Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, USA, 13-15 August 2010. Washington, DC, United States: American Sociological Association.
Hewitt, Belinda and Poortman, Anne-Rigt (2010). Household income after separation: Does initiator status make a difference?. Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, 15-17 April 2010. Silver Spring, MD, United States: Population Association of America.
Hewitt, Belinda (2009). What future?!. TASA 2009: The Annual Conference of the Australian Sociological Association: The Future of Sociology, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-4 December 2009. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
Haynes, Michele, Baxter, Janeen, Hewitt, Belinda and Western, Mark (2009). Lifecourse pathways and housework time: Australia and the United Kingdom. The British Household Panel Study Research Conference, Essex, England, 9-11 July 2009.
Hewitt, Belinda, Turrell, Gavin and Giskes, Katrina (2009). Marital loss and mental health: The role of social support in an Australian based longitudinal population study.. The HILDA Survey Research Conference 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 16-17 July 2009. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne Institute for Social and Economic Research, The University of Melbourne.
Baxter, Janeen and Hewitt, Belinda (2009). Economic independence or bargaining power? The relationship between women's earnings and housework time. The Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 16-17 July 2009. Australia: The University of Melbourne.
Hewitt, Belinda and Baxter, Janeen (2009). Who gets married in Australia? The economic and social determinants of a transition into first marriage 2001-2006.. The Australian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2-4 December 2009. Canberra ACT Australia: The Australian Sociological Association.
Baxter, J., Haynes, M., Hewitt, B. and Western, M. (2008). Marriage, parenthood and perceived fairness: Changes over the life course. A Decade of the Life Course, Australian National University, Canberra Australia, 29-30 September, 2008.
Hewitt, Belinda and Natalier, Kristin (2008). “It’s not just about the money”: Non-resident father’s perspectives on paying child support. 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 July 2008.
Skrbis, Zlatko and Hewitt, Belinda (2008). Ethnicity and the importance of education and employment for future happiness among young people in Queensland. Work and the History of Education: Second Joint Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society and the UK History of Education Society, University of Sydney, Australia, 8-11 December, 2008. International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ANZHES).
Hewitt, Belinda, Skrbis, Zlatko and Western, Mark (2008). The relationship between parental divorce and children's expectations of their future family life. 6th Conference of the European Network for the Sociological and Demographic Study of Divorce, Oslo, Norway, 18-19 September 2008.
England, P., Hewitt, B., Baxter, J. and Schaeffer, E. (2008). The education gradient on unintended (versus intended) fertility: Australia and the United States. The Population Association of America Annual Meeting (PAA 2008), New Orleans, LA United States, 17-19 April 2008. The Population Association of America.
Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele and Hewitt, Belinda (2007). Assessing Change in the Distribution of Domestic Labour over the Lifecourse : Pathways out of Relationships. HILDA Survey Research Conference 2007, University of Melbourne, 19-20 July, 2007. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
Hewitt, Belinda, Skrbis, Zlatko and Western, Mark (2007). The association between parental divorce and adolescents' expectations of divorce. Australian Sociological Association & Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Joint Conference 2007, Auckland, N.Z., 4-7 December 2007. Auckland, N.Z.: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Hewitt, Belinda A. (2007). Marriage breakdown in Australia: Social correlates, gender and initiator status. The Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA) Seminar Series, Canberra, Australia, 14th November 2007.
Hewitt, Belinda and de Vaus, David (2007). The association between premarital cohabitation and marriage breakdown: Continuity and change in Australian marriages 1945-2000. The 5th Meeting of the European Network for the Sociological and Demographic Study of Divorce, School of Economics, London England, 17-18 September, 2007.
Baxter, J., Haynes, M. and Hewitt, B. (2007). Pathways into marriage: Life course patterns and the domestic division of labour. Comparative Analysis of Gender, Households and Employment Workshop, Manchester, U.K, 11 January, 2007. Manchester, U.K.: Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester, U.K.
Hewitt, Belinda, Turrell, Gavin, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2006). Marriage dissolution and health amongst the elderly: the role of social and economic resources. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) : 6th Annual Social Policy Research Workshop, Canberra, Australia, 27- 28th November 2006. Canberra, Australia: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
Hewitt, B. (2006). ‘Trial Marriage’: Is premarital cohabitation an effective risk minimisation strategy for marriage breakdown?. Social Change in the 21st Century Conference, Queensland University of Technology, QLD, Australia, 28 Oct 2006. Queensland, Australia: Queensland University of Technology.
Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele and Hewitt, Belinda (2005). Paths to equality: Life course patterns and the domestic division of labour. The Social Policy Research Services Workshop: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Canberra, ACT Australia, 28-29 November 2005. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Government, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
Baxter, Janeen, Haynes, Michele and Hewitt, Belinda (2005). Pathways into marriage: Life course patterns and the domestic division of labour. The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey Research Conference 2005, The University of Melbourne, 29-30 September, 2005. Melbourne: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
Hewitt, Belinda, Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2005). Who made the final decision?: Social characteristics and initiator status of marriage breakdown. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Seminar Series, Canberra, Australia, 24 August, 2005. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: FaHCSIA.
Baxter, J. H. and Hewitt, B. A. (2005). Paying for housework: Resources, demand and attitudes. Families Matter: 9th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 9-11 February 2005. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Hewitt, Belinda, Western, Mark and Baxter, Janeen (2005). Whose decision was it? Social characteristics of initiator status of separation. Annual Meeting of the Australian Sociological Association, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 5-8 December, 2005. Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
Baxter, J., Hewitt, B. and Haynes, M. (2004). Transitions through the life course and time spent on housework. Negotiating the Lifecourse Workshop, Brisbane, Australia, 29-30 June, 2004.
Haynes, M., Baxter, J. and Hewitt, B. (2004). Methods for analysis of longitudinal data: A case study of trends in time spent on housework. Negotiating the Lifecourse Survey workshop, St. Lucia, Queensland, 29-30 June 2004. Brisbane, Qld., Australia: The University of Queensland.
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2004). Who gets divorced in Australia? An examination of temporal, life course and socioeconomic determinants of marital dissolution. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Seminar Series, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19 March 2004. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
Hewitt, B., Turrell, G., Baxter, J. H. and Western, M. C. (2004). Health impacts of marriage dissolution on older Australians: The role of social and economic resources. Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Workshop, Brisbane, Australia, 1-2 July 2004. Canberra, Australia: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Baxter, J. H., Hewitt, B. A. and Haynes, M. (2004). Transitions through the Lifecourse and Time Spent on Housework. 99th American Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, August 14-17, 2004.
Najman, J. M. and Hewitt, B. (2003). The validity of publication and citation counts for Sociology and other selected disciplines. UK: Sage Publ. doi: 10.1177/0004869003039001320
Hewitt, Belinda, Baxter, Janeen and Western, Mark (2003). Who gets divorced in Australia? A gender comparison of socioeconomic and life course determinants of marital dissolution. TASA 2003 Conference: New Times, New Worlds, New Ideas: Sociology Today and Tomorrow, Armidale, NSW, Australia, 4-6 December, 2003. Armidale, N.S,W.: The Australian Sociological Association.
Hewitt, B., Western, M. and Baxter, J. (2002). Marriage and Money: The Impact of Marriage on Men's and Women's Earnings. The Australian Sociological Association Conference 2002, Brisbane, QUT, July, 2002.
Working Paper
Baxter, Janeen and Hewitt, Belinda (2014). Relationship transitions and subjective wellbeing: a longitudinal analysis. LCC Working Paper Series. 2014-06. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland.
Thesis
Hewitt, Belinda Anne (2007). Marriage Breakdown in Australia: social correlates, gender and initiator status.. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Hewitt, Belinda, Baird, Marian, Baxter, Janeen, Brady, Michelle, Coles, Laetitia, Dickenson, Jane, Strazdins, Lyndall, Whitehouse, Gillian, Xiang, Ning and Yerkes, Mara (2017). Millennium Mums Report, waves 1-5. Indooroopilly, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Martin, Bill, Baird, Marian, Brady, Michelle, Broadway, Barbara, Hewitt, Belinda, Kalb, Guyonne, Strazdins, Lyndall, Tomaszewski, Wojtek, Zadoroznyj, Maria, Baxter, Janeen, Chen, Rachael, Foley, Meraiah, McVicar, Duncan, Whitehouse, Gillian and Xiang, Ning (2014). PPL evaluation: Final report. ISSR10012 and ISSR 10333 Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Martin, Bill, Yerkes, Mara, Hewitt, Belinda, Baird, M., Jones, Andrew Eric, Rose, Emily, Rose, Judith, Davis, K., Coles, Laetitia and Xiang, Ning (2013). Paid parental leave evaluation: Phase 2 report. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Martin, Bill, Hewitt, Belinda, Baird, Marian, Baxter, Janeen, Heron, Alexandra, Whitehouse, Gillian, Zadoroznyj, Maria, Xiang, Ning, Broom, Dorothy, Connelly, Luke, Jones, Andrew, Kalb, Guyonne, McVicar, Duncan, Strazdins, Lyndall, Walter, Margaret, Western, Mark and Wooden, Mark (2012). Paid parental leave evaluation: Phase 1. Occasional Papers Series; 44 Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Natalier, Kristin, Walter, Maggie, Wulff, Maryann, Reynolds, Margaret and Hewitt, Bellinda (2008). Child support and housing outcomes. AHURI Final Report No. 113 Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI ).
Natalier, Kristin, Walter, Maggie, Wulff, Maryann, Reynolds, Margaret, Baxter, Janeen and Hewitt, Belinda (2007). Child support and housing outcomes. AHURI Positioning Paper No. 96 Melbourne, Australia: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.