Birth, Fertility Contraception

Prevalence of breastfeeding in French maternity clinics

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.

Lidia Panico

answers our questions on the British Millennium Cohort

When do girls start to menstruate ?

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.

INED’s foundation : the evolution of ideologies

by Paul-André Rosental Date:September 22, 2015 Duration : 15’

Births, deaths, migrations

Fertility rates, mortality rates, natural increase

Total fertility rate