Using the microsimulation model Destinie, we project the number of elderly disabled people by 2040 in France. Transition probabilities between three different states of disability (non-dependent, moderately dependent, severely dependent) are estimated based on data from the HID survey, a...

Pennec Sophie. ? Family policies in Britain since 1945. Towards the end of World War II a comprehensive system of social security was introduced in Great Britain. In this paper help provided for families, and particularly for children, in terms of tax benefits and family allowances is examined....

Pennec (Sophie). - The Transition to Retirement of a Female Cohort. A Projection by Individual Simulation In this paper an attempt is made to forecast the economic and marital future of a cohort of women born between 1938 and 1942, during the period 2020-2040. It considers the degree of...

Pennec (Sophie). - Four-generation Families in France In the past, households that contain retired persons in a family consisting of four successive generations were rare, but the situation is different today. This study is based on cohorts of females born between 1920 and 1950 and seeks to...

With the increasing diversity of family situations, growing numbers of people, including children, have more than one home. In France, nearly 4% of inhabitants are likely to be counted twice in surveys; while in Australia, the proportion is less than 2%. Taking into account the possibility that...

En France, près de la moitié des décès (48 % en 2010) a été précédée d'une décision médicale ayant pu hâter la mort du patient. Mais des médicaments ont été donnés pour mettre délibérément fin à la vie dans seulement moins de 1 % des cas. Les décisions prises s'appuient dans...

Au recensement de 2007, un habitant sur sept réside seul dans son logement en France métropolitaine. Cette proportion a augmenté régulièrement depuis cinquante ans, passant de 6 % en 1962 à 14 % en 2007. Les femmes sont plusnombreuses à résider seules que les hommes. Elles quittent le...

In France, almost half of deaths (48% in 2010) are preceded by a medical decision that may hasten death. But only in 1% of cases are drugs administered to deliberately end life. The large majority of decisions taken are based on the provisions of the Leonetti Act, which enables physicians, under...

According to the 2007 census, one in seven inhabitants of mainland France and Corsica lives alone. This proportion has increased steadily over the last fifty years, rising from 6% in 1962 to 14% in 2007. A larger proportion of women than men live alone. They leave the parental home earlier than...