№ 621, April 2024

Living beyond age 105: When the improbable becomes reality
France Meslé, Jacques Vallin, Carlo-Giovanni Camarda, Arianna Caporali, Svitlana Poniakina, Laurent Toussaint, Jean-Marie Robine

Deaths at very advanced ages have increased considerably in the last two decades. The exact number of such deaths documented in the International Database on Longevity IDL is established only after a strict age validation process. The vast majority of people who attain these exceptional ages are women. Supercentenarians (aged 110 or above) are over-represented in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/34667/621a_ined.23.en.pdf

№ 622, May 2024

Integration and insularity: The diversity of Chinese immigrants in France
Isabelle Attané, Giovanna Merli

Totalling around 116,000 people, of whom two-thirds live in the Paris region, immigrants of Chinese origin represent less than 2% of the French immigrant population today. Economic migrants are older and less educated than immigrants who enter France to study and remain in the country after graduating. They speak French less well, and their social and employment networks are still centred around their community of regional or national origin. This is less often the case for former international students.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/34749/622_a_ined.en.pdf

№ 623, June 2024

Couples, one-night stands, sexfriends: The varied intimate lives of the under-30s
Marie Bergström, Florence Maillochon, équipe ENVIE (ENVIE team)

Four in five young adults (aged 18–29) taking part in the Envie survey reported at least one romantic or sexual relationship over the past year. A majority reported a couple relationship (66%), but many had also experienced a one-night-stand (21%) or various lasting relationships that they defined in different ways (15%). Couples still tend to meet in school or at the workplace, while partners for a one-night stand are often encountered in public spaces or on dating apps. Couples are equally prevalent across different social backgrounds, but the other types of relationship are more frequent among young people, women especially, with parents in higher-level occupations.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/34826/623a.ined.en.pdf

№ 624, July-August 2024

Stillbirths in France: Over half of women go on to have another child
Alberto Taviani, John Tomkinson, Didier Breton

In 1993, France introduced a distinction between a baby born alive who subsequently dies, and a stillborn infant (enfant sans vie, literally ‘lifeless child’). Since then, the definition of a stillbirth, based on the concept of viability, has increasingly expanded, and legal recognition of these infants has become easier. Since 2008, a medical certificate of delivery is the only thing required to register a stillbirth with the French civil registration system. After a sharp increase due to changes in the law, the number of stillbirths has stabilized at around 19 per 1,000 women. Stillbirths, which are more common among older women, do not signify the end of reproductive life. More than half of women give birth to a living child within 5 years of a stillbirth.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/34970/624a.ined.en.pdf

№ 625, September 2024

Sexual and reproductive rights 30 years after the Cairo Conference on Population and Development
Valentine Becquet, Mireille Le Guen, Céline Miani, Virginie Rozée, Heini Väisänen

Thirty years ago, in 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo recognized sexual and reproductive rights. Since then, major progress has been made in terms of contraception, maternal health, fertility treatments, and the screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. However, many people worldwide remain deprived of their right to a free, healthy sex life and are prevented from achieving their parental ambitions due to their gender, origin, or financial situation.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/rte/221/Popetsoc/625/625A-3-INED.pdf