En l’espace de quelques années, le nombre de Pacs a augmenté au point de se rapprocher du nombre annuel de mariages. Wilfried Rault, chercheur à l’Ined, nous éclaire sur les grandes évolutions du Pacs depuis 20 ans.
Researchers have used ELFE study data (French longitudinal study of children) to examine the possible effects of paternity leave on partners’ sharing of parenting and domestic tasks.
This study, published in Population (2017-3) and based on the 2011 Families and Housing Survey.
The 2016-3 issue of Population presents and assesses demographic developments in these life events in France in 2014.
The annual total number of marriages in France in 2014 was higher than the 2013 figure due to same-sex unions. The number of different-sex marriages dropped slightly.
Boys reach puberty at around 15 years—later than girls, who usually begin menstruating around age 13.
Although in France the vast majority of children live with their two parents, couple breakup, usually in the form of divorce or separation, is an increasingly frequent event in families’ lives
China, the world’s largest country in terms of population, is now a predominant player on the international economic and geopolitical stage.
The contribution of France’s set of family policies to the country’s healthy fertility rate is once again in the spotlight in two recently published reports
The conference was held at INED in December 2018 for the fifth year running; the topic was bioethics in France. Challenges and concerns.
Access to abortion around the world is highly unequal. In African and Latin American countries access may be restricted to particular causes of pregnancy or totally outlawed.
The ELFE study centres on childhood at this stage, then it is natural to have them communicate directly through computer games, an appropriate medium for their age and generation.
Marriage has changed since the 1980s, as attested by the rise in cohabitation outside marriage: in 2011, nearly one in four couples in France were not married.
By 2050 in China and India, the number of single men seeking to marry is expected to exceed the number of eligible women by over 50%. This suggests the degree of marriage market saturation.
Several European Union countries have legalised same-sex marriage or created new forms of civil union open to gays and lesbians. But counting same-sex couples is still a complicated undertaking
At age 17, about half of French teenagers have experienced their first sexual intercourse. With a median age of 17.2 for women and of 16.4 for men in 2010, the gap between the sexes has narrowed to just a few months.
The number of civil partnerships contracted in France has been increasing continuously since the PACS (Pacte civile de solidarity) civil union was instituted in December 1999.
Objets de débat, les sites et les applications de rencontres sont accusés de rien de moins que d’avoir tué l’amour. Ces critiques illustrent la consternation et la réprobation suscitées par ce nouveau mode de rencontres. Sont-elles seulement fondées ?
For the 70th anniversary of its founding, the journal Population has been republishing articles from its 1946 issues, each commented upon by present-day researchers.
We commonly encounter two opposed discourses on love, Michel Bozon takes quite a different perspective.
Heirs and heiresses often marry each other in France, finds a study published in the journal “Population.” Balzac’s Rastignac would have little chance of marrying a rich heiress today.
Ties between grandchildren and grandparents resist when parents separate
Research in this field is based on legal approaches or qualitativesociology, but same-sex parenting is still difficult to quantify due to a lack of suitable tools.
Since the law no. 2002-304 of 4 March 2002 applicable to children born since January 2005, parents can now choose between four options for their child’s family name
L’ouvrage « Premiers cris, premières nourritures » offre une mise en perspective des pratiques d’allaitement et de sevrage des nourrissons, de la Préhistoire au XXIème siècle, à l’échelle internationale.
Demographic events are spread unevenly through the year.
On 1 January 2017, the population of France was just below 67 million.
The third-quarter of the journal "Population" for 2016 includes an article on recent demographic developments in France (2014).
Every year approximately 200,000 abortions are done in France. Nearly 40 years after the practice was legalized in that country, the number of abortions is stable: fewer women are having abortions but repeat abortions (the same woman having more than one abortion) are increasing.
In France, first menstruation or "menarche" occurs at around age 13. According to a survey conducted in 1994, half of all girls had already started menstruating at age 13. Most girls (9 out of 10) have their first period between ages 11 and 14.
On average, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. However, in China, India and several other Asian and Caucasian countries, the proportion of newborn boys is abnormally high because couples practice sex-selective abortion.
The 2011 rise in France’s population (+ 332,000 inhabitants) was very close to the one for 2010 and is still primarily due to natural increase.
The demographic situation in France’s overseas departments (DOMs): differences with metropolitan France
Since the law no. 2002-304 of 4 March 2002 applicable to children born since January 2005, parents can now choose between four options for their child’s family name
In a context of mass higher education and successive reforms, the training, occupational futures, and living conditions of students constitute major issues that require detailed analysis. It is crucial to study connections between student living conditions, transition to adulthood, and trajectories.
Access to abortion around the world is highly unequal. In African and Latin American countries access may be restricted to particular causes of pregnancy or totally outlawed.
Fifty years ago, on 19 December 1967, in response to strong mobilization by the French Family Planning Movement, the parliamentarian Lucien Neuwirth persuaded the National Assembly to pass a law authorizing the sale and use of contraception methods in France.
Seven in ten women breastfeed their babies at the maternity clinic, according to the first findings of the ELFE study, which is following over 18,000 children born in 2011.
Around 63% of women of reproductive age who are married or in a union use a contraceptive method. The most widespread method worldwide is sterilization.
In the last 30 years, the average age at which women have their first child has been rising regularly in France, as in most European countries.
The ECAF survey (Emergency Contraception in Africa) was conducted in 2006-2007 in three countries of West Africa-Senegal and Burkina Faso (French-speaking) and Ghana (English-speaking)-and the North African country of Morocco (French-speaking)
The number of twin births in France has almost doubled in the last 40 years. Why? What are the effects?
The contribution of France’s set of family policies to the country’s healthy fertility rate is once again in the spotlight in two recently published reports
The number of induced abortions, which had been falling since 2014, rose slightly in 2017.
The 2017 increase in abortions concerned women in the 30–39 age group; abortions before age 20 continued to fall.
What metro line(s) show(s) the highest fertility rate in 2012 and the highest average age of mothers at baby’s birth?
A study by John Tomkinson, former PhD student at INED.
Becoming a parent while studying thus seems socially unthinkable, and the French educational system today does not really take account the fact that some students are parents.
Des différences d’âge dans les comportements de fécondité apparaissent entre hommes et femmes
According to INSEE, the French statistical office, the population of France on 1 January 2014 stood at 66.0 million, of which 63.9 million live in metropolitan France and 2.1 million in the overseas départements.
In 2014, about 56 millions abortions were performed accross the world. Slightly under half were high-risk abortions.
China, the world’s largest country in terms of population, is now a predominant player on the international economic and geopolitical stage.
Within Europe, France and Italy stand virtually opposed in terms of fertility: women in France have 2 children on average, as against 1.4 in Italy. The difference is explained in part by the fact that women in Italy have their first child at a later age
France is the only Western country, apart from Luxembourg, Italy and the Czech Republic, where the law allows women to request that their identity be kept secret and withheld from their child’s birth certificate
The first study on mortality among second-generation immigrants in France reveals a large amount of excess mortality among North African-origin males
No study has yet approached the question of how those health burdens are distributed across the different social strata of a single African city.
On 1 January 2017, the population of France was just below 67 million.
The project about “Mortality among immigrants in France” was developed as part of a partnership between INED and the Population Study Center of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). It is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the period 2015-2019.
Overview and Current Knowledge
According to INSEE, the French statistical office, the population of France on 1 January 2014 stood at 66.0 million, of which 63.9 million live in metropolitan France and 2.1 million in the overseas départements.
The mean length of life has more than tripled in France over the last two and a half centuries, from 25 years in 1740 to more than 80 years today.
Although nearly 2 out of 3 people die in hospital, an analysis of trajectories during the last month of life gives a more nuanced picture.
Demographic events are spread unevenly through the year.
Le numéro 3 de la revue Population de 2018 présente, dans son avant-propos, une analyse des inégalités de temps de survie chez les soldats "Morts pour la France" durant la Grande Guerre
In an article published in Population (2017-3), Dominique Tabutin and Bruno Masquelier assess mortality trends since 1990.
Mortality fell considerably in the 20th century in western countries, but the decrease was neither regular nor continuous.
In France, suicide is seven times more frequent among prisoners than in the general population. Which inmates are most vulnerable?
In the past, it was very common for babies to die before their first birthday. Today infant mortality in France is very low. In 2013, fewer than four newborns (3,5) in 1,000 died before the age of one.
Female genital mutilation is practiced on girls in many countries. Some migrant women or daughters of migrants living in France are having to endure the consequences of this practice.
Photo : © IRD - Favier, Marie-Noëlle
The 2011 rise in France’s population (+ 332,000 inhabitants) was very close to the one for 2010 and is still primarily due to natural increase.
In 2008 an east-west divide cut through the European life expectancy map, a dividing line that became visible in the mid-1970s
The conference was held at INED in December 2018 for the fifth year running; the topic was bioethics in France. Challenges and concerns.
In 2011, 80% of persons aged 60 or older and at least partially dependent receive informal support from a family member.
Silicosis can only progress at fast pace, in relationship with the industrialization of emerging countries.
The third-quarter of the journal "Population" for 2016 includes an article on recent demographic developments in France (2014).
Every year approximately 200,000 abortions are done in France. Nearly 40 years after the practice was legalized in that country, the number of abortions is stable: fewer women are having abortions but repeat abortions (the same woman having more than one abortion) are increasing.
Though rare fifty years ago, 100th birthdays are now common. Perspectives concerning human longevity
According to UNAIDS estimates for the year 2012, 35.3 million persons are infected with the HIV virus worldwide and there were 2.3 million new infections and 1.6 million deaths that year.
The number of deaths in 2011 is provisionally estimated at 545,100 for France as a whole: 534,000 deaths in metropolitan France and 11,000 in the country’s overseas départements
The demographic situation in France’s overseas departments (DOMs): differences with metropolitan France
The first study on mortality among second-generation immigrants in France reveals a large amount of excess mortality among North African-origin males
On 1 January 2017, the population of France was just below 67 million.
The conference was held at INED in December 2016 for the third year running; the topic was migration.
Over 258 million people in the world do not live in the country in which they were born. These people, called international migrants, represent approximately 3.4% of the world’s population.
On 31 May 2013, Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, announced the first findings of the census conducted two years earlier
The immigrant population of metropolitan France -that is, persons born non-French outside France-has been predominantly female for the last few years.
Demographic events are spread unevenly through the year.
L’observatoire régional des discriminations en Île-de-France a conduit avec l’Ined et l’institut iPSOS, en avril et mai 2015, auprès de 2500 personnes, une enquête sur les perceptions et expériences des discriminations en Île-de-France.
The third-quarter of the journal "Population" for 2016 includes an article on recent demographic developments in France (2014).
According to INSEE, the French statistical office, the population of France on 1 January 2014 stood at 66.0 million, of which 63.9 million live in metropolitan France and 2.1 million in the overseas départements.
The 2011 rise in France’s population (+ 332,000 inhabitants) was very close to the one for 2010 and is still primarily due to natural increase.
Mathieu Ichou’s analysis of the academic performances of immigrant’s children, who in France account for nearly one-fourth of pupils, gives us a new sociological perspective on this fundamental social concern.
The project about “Mortality among immigrants in France” was developed as part of a partnership between INED and the Population Study Center of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). It is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the period 2015-2019.
It is frequently claimed that more and more migrations will result from environmental changes caused by global warming.
In recent decades, the increase in the number of natural disasters and their media impact have led to a growing awareness of the connections between migration and the environment.
French law permits dual nationality and does not require foreigners who obtain French nationality to give up their original one.
Drawing on INSEE’s Housing surveys, the authors analyze growing disparities in first home purchases among young households (couples aged 25-44) over the long period from 1973 to 2013 in metropolitan France.
It is frequently claimed that more and more migrations will result from environmental changes caused by global warming.
It is difficult to count people who have no home, especially if they have no place of shelter at all and are sleeping in the street. To learn more about them, INSEE and INED conducted several surveys with users of shelters and free meal services. The surveys have found a considerable increase in the number of homeless in France since 2001.
On 31 May 2013, Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, announced the first findings of the census conducted two years earlier
Chaque année, plusieurs centaines de milliers d'élèves de Terminale passent le bac. Devenu un véritable rite de passage national, le bac concerne plus des trois quart d'une génération mais n'est pas un rite égalitaire.
Paris still has a certain amount of dilapidated, unhealthy housing
In 1989 Germany was divided into two parts of different sizes: 64 million people lived in the western side and 16 million in the eastern side.
Paris has 16 free public bathing facilities, for a total of 500 private individual showers
Nearly six in ten households own their home in France. Homeownership rose considerably after World War II, then came to a standstill in the mid-1980s. Today, an increasing share of the population is finding it hard to buy a home.
In recent decades, the increase in the number of natural disasters and their media impact have led to a growing awareness of the connections between migration and the environment.
The political and social history of Belgium has never been smooth or tranquil. A long period of territorial annexations was followed by the Revolution of 1830, which led to the creation of a centralized state in the form of a parliamentary monarchy.
The conference was held at INED in December 2017 for the fourth year running; the topic was gender studies today.
Defined as “a hierarchically ordered bi-categorization of the sexes (men/women) and the values and representations associated with them (masculine/feminine)” (Bereni et al. 2012), gender is an increasingly high-profile subject in today’s academic world as well as in the media, politics, civil society and community organizations.
Overview and Current Knowledge
Twenty years after the last international conference on women, held in Beijing in 1995, has women’s overall situation really improved? The “Atlas Mondial des Femmes” brings to light “paradoxes of emancipation” in such diverse areas as education, health, the economy, politics and sexuality. In addition to marked geographical disparities, many advances in the direction of equality are found to be fragile, incomplete or paradoxical.
On average, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. However, in China, India and several other Asian and Caucasian countries, the proportion of newborn boys is abnormally high because couples practice sex-selective abortion.
Research in this field is based on legal approaches or qualitativesociology, but same-sex parenting is still difficult to quantify due to a lack of suitable tools.
Quel dialogue possible entre les entreprises et les chercheurs ? L’Ined a noué des partenariats avec des entreprises pour saisir les mécanismes de production des inégalités professionnelles entre femmes et hommes.
Mortality fell considerably in the 20th century in western countries, but the decrease was neither regular nor continuous.
The annual total number of marriages in France in 2014 was higher than the 2013 figure due to same-sex unions. The number of different-sex marriages dropped slightly.
Several European Union countries have legalised same-sex marriage or created new forms of civil union open to gays and lesbians. But counting same-sex couples is still a complicated undertaking
For women and men alike, the working sphere and the private sphere are not entirely separate. There are intrusions in both directions: work encroaches on the domestic sphere and similarly, private life spills over into the workplace. This overlap sometimes leads to better organization but can also be a source of tension.
China, the world’s largest country in terms of population, is now a predominant player on the international economic and geopolitical stage.
This study, published in Population (2017-3) and based on the 2011 Families and Housing Survey.
The 2016-3 issue of Population presents and assesses demographic developments in these life events in France in 2014.
By 2050 in China and India, the number of single men seeking to marry is expected to exceed the number of eligible women by over 50%. This suggests the degree of marriage market saturation.
At age 17, about half of French teenagers have experienced their first sexual intercourse. With a median age of 17.2 for women and of 16.4 for men in 2010, the gap between the sexes has narrowed to just a few months.
Female genital mutilation is practiced on girls in many countries. Some migrant women or daughters of migrants living in France are having to endure the consequences of this practice.
Photo : © IRD - Favier, Marie-Noëlle
In 2009, the taskforce for assessing French national policy for preventing and combating violence against women (Mission d’Evaluation de la Politique de Prévention et de Lutte contre les Violences faites aux Femmes), a body working under the aegis of/a commission of France’s National Assembly, recommended conducting a new survey on violence against women that would modelled be on the national survey on the same issue done in 2000 by the demographic institute of the Université Paris I (ENVEFF)
In a context of mass higher education and successive reforms, the training, occupational futures, and living conditions of students constitute major issues that require detailed analysis. It is crucial to study connections between student living conditions, transition to adulthood, and trajectories.
Longevity, ageing and the situations of older persons are major social, health, quality-of-life and public policy issues in today’s society, issues that require a multi-disciplinary human and social sciences (HHS) approach if we are to grasp how the questions they raise are interrelated.
Mortality fell considerably in the 20th century in western countries, but the decrease was neither regular nor continuous.
Boys reach puberty at around 15 years—later than girls, who usually begin menstruating around age 13.
Though rare fifty years ago, 100th birthdays are now common. Perspectives concerning human longevity
China, the world’s largest country in terms of population, is now a predominant player on the international economic and geopolitical stage.
Differences by parents’ socioeconomic milieu may be observed from the child’s earliest years.
Stéphane Carcillo (OECD, Sciences Po), Claire Guichet (CESE, Paris II, CERSA), Bruno Palier (CNRS and Sciences Po) and Olivier Thévenon (OECD and INED) shared their answers to this question at a round table discussion at INED on May 27, the closing event of the Demographic Economy unit research day on transitions to adulthood. The following is a summary of their remarks.
In France, first menstruation or "menarche" occurs at around age 13. According to a survey conducted in 1994, half of all girls had already started menstruating at age 13. Most girls (9 out of 10) have their first period between ages 11 and 14.
The geography of ageing in Europe has changed and will continue changing. Following World War II, the oldest population in Europe was in Western Europe and this remained the case into the 1980s
In 2011, 80% of persons aged 60 or older and at least partially dependent receive informal support from a family member.
The ELFE study centres on childhood at this stage, then it is natural to have them communicate directly through computer games, an appropriate medium for their age and generation.
Seven in ten women breastfeed their babies at the maternity clinic, according to the first findings of the ELFE study, which is following over 18,000 children born in 2011.
At age 17, about half of French teenagers have experienced their first sexual intercourse. With a median age of 17.2 for women and of 16.4 for men in 2010, the gap between the sexes has narrowed to just a few months.
In the last 30 years, the average age at which women have their first child has been rising regularly in France, as in most European countries.
Authors have the option of submitting their articles in either French or English, to be translated by us and published in both languages.
Overview and Current Knowledge
Around 63% of women of reproductive age who are married or in a union use a contraceptive method. The most widespread method worldwide is sterilization.
In recent decades, the increase in the number of natural disasters and their media impact have led to a growing awareness of the connections between migration and the environment.
The political and social history of Belgium has never been smooth or tranquil. A long period of territorial annexations was followed by the Revolution of 1830, which led to the creation of a centralized state in the form of a parliamentary monarchy.
Since the early 1980s, the demography of Canada and the United States has been quite dynamic.
INED was chosen by the United Nations Population Division to diffuse the latest round of UN world population projections.
By 2050 in China and India, the number of single men seeking to marry is expected to exceed the number of eligible women by over 50%. This suggests the degree of marriage market saturation.
In 2014, about 56 millions abortions were performed accross the world. Slightly under half were high-risk abortions.
On 31 May 2013, Destatis, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, announced the first findings of the census conducted two years earlier
According to UNAIDS estimates for the year 2012, 35.3 million persons are infected with the HIV virus worldwide and there were 2.3 million new infections and 1.6 million deaths that year.
The ECAF survey (Emergency Contraception in Africa) was conducted in 2006-2007 in three countries of West Africa-Senegal and Burkina Faso (French-speaking) and Ghana (English-speaking)-and the North African country of Morocco (French-speaking)
It is frequently claimed that more and more migrations will result from environmental changes caused by global warming.
Over 258 million people in the world do not live in the country in which they were born. These people, called international migrants, represent approximately 3.4% of the world’s population.
On average, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. However, in China, India and several other Asian and Caucasian countries, the proportion of newborn boys is abnormally high because couples practice sex-selective abortion.
In 1989 Germany was divided into two parts of different sizes: 64 million people lived in the western side and 16 million in the eastern side.
China, the world’s largest country in terms of population, is now a predominant player on the international economic and geopolitical stage.
The demographic situation in France’s overseas departments (DOMs): differences with metropolitan France
