Chronological order of live births for a woman or a couple. The first-order birth refers to the eldest child in a family. Depending on the statistics available, birth order may refer to all births to a mother or only to the births of the current marriage.
A group of persons who experience the same demographic event (birth, marriage, birth of a first child, etc.) in the same year or period of time. Cohorts serve as the basis for longitudinal analysis of individuals over time. All persons born in a particular year are described as a birth cohort. All persons marrying in a particular year are known ...
The situation of people who share the same dwelling.As a simplification, the term cohabitants is often used to describe couples who live together without being married, and such unions are referred to as consensual unions.
A set of people indicated as living in the same housing unit, regardless of whether or not they are part of the same family. A household may be composed of a single person. When several families share the same accommodation the term of composite household is used. In a census, a distinction is made between so-called "family" households and institutional households ...
Death caused by accidental injury or poisoning, by suicide or homicide
An expression used to describe the excess mortality of men compared with that of women. For a given age or age group it is usually measured as the ratio of the male mortality rate to the female mortality rate
The condition of a person who has never been married, not to be confused with that of a person who does not cohabit with a partner.
In demography, permanent celibacy is measured by the proportion of persons who have never been married at the age of 50.
A person who settles in a country other than their country of origin. In France, a person who has acquired French nationality since arriving in France is still counted as an immigrant, though not a person born as a French national abroad. Immigrants are qualified by their country of origin and not their nationality.
Number of new cases of a disease in a year in a given population. Incidence should be distinguished from prevalence which refers to the number of sick people at a given time. Incidence rate of a disease Number of persons contracting a disease per 1,000 population at risk. It is generally expressed for a year.
