L'enquête Étude des relations familiales et intergénérationnelles (Erfi) s'inscrit dans le programme international Generations and Gender (GGP). Il s'agit d'une enquête longitudinale à passages répétés. La France , représentée par l'Ined (avec le concours de l'Insee), s'est engagée...

In 1999, the French Government introduced civil partnerships, known as PACS (pacte civil de solidarité), toprovide legal recognition to same-sex couples, although they were also open to different-sex couples. Since then, they have proved increasingly popular. By 2010, the initialfigure of...

Women are having their first child at later ages in developed countries. The mean age at first birth is now four years later in England and Wales and in France than in the mid-1970s. The expansion in education and the longer time enrolled in education are the principal factors explaining this...

Depuis sa création en 1999, le pacte civil de solidarité (pacs), adopté pour permettre la reconnaissance légale des couples de même sexe et ouvert également aux couples de sexe différent a connu un essor considérable. Tandis qu'on comptait environ 20 000 nouveaux pacs par an à ses...

La population immigrée comprend 51 % de femmes en France métropolitaine en 2008. Comme le montre l'enquête Trajectoires et Origines (TeO), la féminisation de la population immigrée ne vient pas seulement du regroupement familial. Les courants migratoires les plus féminisés sont en fait...

A survey of public-sector researchers and academics shows that English is used almost exclusively as the international language of dialogue in the hard sciences, and is also well-established in the humanities and social sciences. English is also the language of choice for publications, meetings...

In 2008, women represented 51% of the immigrant population in mainland France. As shown by theTrajectories and Origins survey (TeO), the feminization of the immigrant population is not simply the consequenceof family reunification. In fact, the most predominantly female migrant flows are those...

Every other year, Population and Societies publishes a special issue called The population of the world, presenting an overall picture of the situation across the globe. There are slightly more than 7 billion humans on the planet in 2013. The world population has risen seven-fold over the last...

In most developed countries, fertility has declined in response to the economic crisis. France appears to be anexception, but without the crisis, the total fertility rate,which had been increasing for several years, would have continued its upward trend and exceeded 2 children per woman. Trends...

Each year since 2005, Eurostat has calculated life expectancy without activity limitations, known as"healthy life years". While life expectancy at age 65 increased by one year in the European Union between2005 and 2010, the years lived in poor perceived health decreased (by 0.5 years for men and...