Meeting places and choice of life partner
Who lives with who? How do people meet their life partner? Romantic love does not challenge the social structure or the way in which partners are selected
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Unions : cohabitation, pacs, marriage
Today, the couples which decide to live together can choose consensual union, marriage or civil partnership. How many actually live in cohabitation, how many get married, how many are civil partners? Which factors push them to choose one of these forms of unions?
Gender, parenthood, employment
Are men and women equal when it comes to company provision of benefits to parents?
Violence and gender
What forms of violence are committed against women ? How is it measured ? Who are the victims ? What are the consequences ?
Demography and AIDS
In 2015, 36.7 million people throughout the world were living with HIV. Antiretroviral drugs have now been made available to more than half of these people (18.2 million) (UNAIDS figures). East and Southern Africa are the most affected, with 19 million HIV-infected persons. INED has conducted several research studies on such questions as HIV over the lifecycle; impact on mortality, quality of life, sexuality; experienced discrimination and health policies.
Migrations
What types of migration are we seeing today? How widespread is the phenomenon? What common assumptions are made about immigration, what myths circulate about it? Can immigration be a solution to the problem of ageing populations in developed countries?
Immigration and integration
In 2010 France had nearly 6.7 million immigrants: 10.7% of the population. Assimilation, integration, discrimination—what are the realities behind immigration in France? And what is the situation of immigrants’ descendants, the “second generation”?
Health and Ageing
In France, nearly one in five inhabitants is 65 or older, that is, approximately 11.6 million persons. More than half of them are over 75. With lifespans increasing and their populations ageing, European societies are faced with the problem of dependence. Healthy life expectancy has become a key factor.
Discrimination and segregation
How do discrimination and segregation affect immigrants and their descendants in France? What are the consequences on their life trajectories? What policies have been implemented to fight racial discrimination?
Health policies
Defined by the World Health Organization as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity", good health is key to personal fulfilment and human development. For political decision-makers, health is an individual endowment, a collective asset and a factor of prosperity for society as a whole.