№ 613, July–August 2023

Do migrants always live longer than natives? Finnish migrants in Sweden
Olof Östergren, Kaarina Korhonen, Agneta Cederström, Pekka Martikainen

Migrants’ health depends on factors both at their places of origin and destination. Finnish migrant men living in Sweden have total mortality rates falling between those of the Finnish and Swedish populations. Migrant women, however, have slightly higher total mortality than both populations. However, their alcohol- and smoking-related mortality levels lie between those of Swedes and Finns. Overall, migrants’ health behaviours are influenced, positively or negatively, by social conditions at both origin and destination.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33835/613.an.ined.en.pdf

№ 614, September 2023

How does population influence climate change? Evidence from Europe
Fabrizio Natale, Philipp Ueffing, Christoph Deuster

This article explores how population and climate change are related, focusing on the European Union, a region striving for climate neutrality by 2050. Globally, population growth will persist, even after fertility decreases, because of past growth and the current youthful age structure of the global population (population momentum). This momentum implies that the major potential for emissions reduction until mid-century lies in the greening of the economy of the EU and of other major emitters. At the EU level, findings show that age is a strong demographic factor, with higher individual-level emissions at older ages. Other factors include attitudes or behaviour towards climate change. Against the backdrop of an ageing population in Europe, these intergenerational differences in consumption and attitudes present an additional policy challenge in efforts to reduce emissions.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/34001/614a.ined.en.pdf

№ 615, October 2023

Time devoted to sleep differs by occupational category and number of children
Capucine Rauch

Over 25 years, the time devoted to sleep remained stable, except among older adults, whose sleep time decreased. Its place in daily routines did not remain fixed, however. Bedtimes moved progressively later, partly due to the growing popularity of evening TV programmes that kept viewers up for longer.

Time devoted to sleep is socially structured. Sleep time is linked to gender and occupation. The impact of children on sleep time was stronger for women than for men. Being in employment reduced sleep time, but its effect was not the same for all occupational categories; it was manual workers whose sleep time varied the most between working and non-working days.

After retirement, the social differentiation in sleep time persisted, as the sleep patterns acquired during working life remained unchanged. Retirees formerly in higher-level or intermediate occupations slept less than farmers and manual workers.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/34102/615a.ined.en.pdf

№ 616, November 2023

Living with extended family: a widespread practice in French Polynesia
Leïla Fardeau, Éva Lelièvre pour l’équipe Atolls (The Atolls team)

More than 4 in 10 (41%) French Polynesians live in complex households, the majority sharing a home with several generations of the same family, and a minority coresiding with peers. These households include a large share of young adults and people facing economic insecurity due to a lower-than-average level of education and a higher risk of unemployment. Dwellings occupied by complex households have amenities of similar quality to those of nuclear family households. Coresidence with extended family remains common in this highly urbanized society, providing protection against economic insecurity.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/rte/221/Popetsoc/616/616A_INED.pdf