Ratio between the number of males and the number of females, expressed as the number of males per 100 females. At birth, the sex ratio is 105 boys for 100 girls. Since male mortality is generally higher than female mortality, the sex ratio decreases with age, and the proportion of women overtakes that of men. In France, there are more women ...
All individuals born during a specified period, generally a calendar year.
The average number of children born to women belonging to the same cohort once they have reached the end of their reproductive life (in practice at the age of 50). It is the sum of the age-specific fertility rates of a cohort. Synonym : Lifetime fertility
The ratio of events having occurred in a population during a year to the number of persons in a population in the middle of the year. When the events are observed over a period shorter or longer than a year, their number is multiplied or divided by the appropriate factor so as to preserve the rate’s annual dimension. A rate may refer to all of ...
Chronological order of live births for a woman or a couple. The first-order birth refers to the eldest child in a family. Depending on the statistics available, birth order may refer to all births to a mother or only to the births of the current marriage.
A group of persons who experience the same demographic event (birth, marriage, birth of a first child, etc.) in the same year or period of time. Cohorts serve as the basis for longitudinal analysis of individuals over time. All persons born in a particular year are described as a birth cohort. All persons marrying in a particular year are known ...
The situation of people who share the same dwelling.As a simplification, the term cohabitants is often used to describe couples who live together without being married, and such unions are referred to as consensual unions.
A set of people indicated as living in the same housing unit, regardless of whether or not they are part of the same family. A household may be composed of a single person. When several families share the same accommodation the term of composite household is used. In a census, a distinction is made between so-called "family" households and institutional households ...
Death caused by accidental injury or poisoning, by suicide or homicide
An expression used to describe the excess mortality of men compared with that of women. For a given age or age group it is usually measured as the ratio of the male mortality rate to the female mortality rate
