Pison Gilles. ? Calculating Age without Asking for it. Method of Estimating the Age and Age-Structure of the Peul Bandé (Eastern Senegal). In studies of populations in which there is no civil registration, the problem of mis-statement of age is important. A method for determining age, which is...

Pison Gilles. Declared and Real Ages : Measurement of Age-Errors where no Civil Records are available. The correct assessment of age is a major problem in demographic surveys in countries where civil registration is defective or non-existent. Whatever method of adjustment is used, no information...

Desgrées Du Loû (Annabel), Pison (Gilles), Samb (Badara), Trape (Jean-François.). - Cause- specific Mortality of African Children. A Case Study in Senegal Based on the « Verbal Autopsy » Approach In countries in which the sick are rarely examined by a physician and where medical records...

Lathrop Mark and Pison Gilles. ? A statistical method for the study of endogamy with an application to choice of spouse amongst the Peul Bande. The study of marriage endogamy presents statistical problems which are often not addressed by traditional methods of analysis. After a critical review...

A ‘population observatory’ is a study in which a whole population of a defined geographical area is monitored over a long period (several years or decades), and information on the events that happen (births, deaths, marriages, migration) is collected on a regular basis. This paper...

Intro -- POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SENEGAL -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- FERTILITY -- MORTALITY -- Child Mortality -- Adult Mortality -- NOTE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geographic and Socioeconomic Setting -- GEOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- EDUCATION --...

Les scientifiques français n'ont jamais autant cherché ni enseigné en anglais. De fait, en dix-huit ans d'application de la loi, aucune activité de recherche anglophone sur le sol français n'a été condamnée, malgré le pouvoir de dénonciation octroyé à des associations de « défense...