Festy Patrick. ? Demographic Trends and Rhythms of Family Life in Québec. Any study of annual fluctuations in demographic indices depends on the possibility of separating effects due to timing from those of changes in intensity. Timing factors have been important in explaining recent movements...

Festy Patrick and Rallu Jean-Louis. ? The Formation and Reconstitution of French Families from Vital Registration and Census Statistics in 1968 and 1975. In French censuses, only children who are below a certain age and who are present in the home are counted as family members. In many cases,...

Chantai Blayo and Patrick Festy. Divorces in France. Retrospect and Prospect. In many European countries, divorce rates which used to fall after five to seven years duration of marriage no longer do so, and have increased, irrespective of mariage duration. This has happened after laws have been...