№ 607, January 2023

Same-sex unions in high-income countries: more widely recognized and more frequent

Wilfried Rault

The frequency of cohabiting same-sex couples tripled in the United States between 2000 and 2021, and they now account for 1.8% of households containing a couple. The same trend is observed in Australia, where they accounted for 1.4% of all couples in the 2021 census compared with 0.3% in 2001. In Spain, their prevalence increased from 0.7% in 2013 to 1.0% in 2020, and in the United Kingdom from 1.0% in 2015 to 1.4% in 2018. In France, 305,000 people were in a cohabiting same-sex couple in 2020, representing 1% of cohabiting couples in that year, up from 170,000 in 2011. The number of same-sex couples has increased more markedly for lesbian couples than for gay couples. Partners in same-sex couples are younger and more urban, on average, than those in different-sex couples.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33389/607_anglais_web.en.pdf

№ 608, February 2023

An overview of Turkiye’s population on the 100th anniversary of the Republic

Dilek Yildiz, Tugba Adali, Caner Ozdemir

The Republic of Turkiye will celebrate its 100th anniversary in October 2023. Since its foundation, the country’s population has grown from 13.5 million in the first census in 1927 to 84.7 million in 2021. The total fertility rate has dropped from 6 births per woman to fewer than 2 over the same period. With a steady decline in mortality, the population is beginning to show the first signs of ageing. Additionally, Turkiye, once a country of origin, has gradually become a transit and host country for migrants, mainly from Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. The intention to emigrate from Turkiye is high among young people due to the uncertainty of the country facing economic crises and high unemployment.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33461/608a_ined_v3.d.en.pdf

№ 609, March 2023

France 2022: a narrowing gap between births and deaths

Gilles Pison

Natural increase—the difference between births and deaths—fell fourfold in France between 2012 and 2022, reflecting a 100,000 decrease in the number of births over the last 10 years and a similar increase in the number of deaths. Life expectancy has stagnated over the last 3 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic combined with excess mortality in 2022 linked to several summer heatwaves and a seasonal flu epidemic at the end of the year. It appears that while COVID-19 had little impact on births, it temporarily modified their seasonality.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33544/609a_web.en.pdf

№ 610, April 2023

Does parental separation increase the risk of child poverty?

Carole Bonnet, Anne Solaz

Children’s living standards decrease sharply after parental separation, with an overall decline in their living conditions, especially when they live with a lone mother. Their risk of entering poverty increases as a result. The poverty rate of children in the year of parental separation is much higher (29%) than that of children living with both parents (13%), and the gap remains wide in the following years. The younger the child at the time of separation, the higher the poverty risk. Some children in alternating residence experience poverty with only one of their parents (more often the mother), and others with both parents.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33681/610.a_web.en.pdf

№ 611, May 2023

Employees in higher-level occupations outlive manual workers. How long do they live in retirement or (in)activity?

Florian Bonnet, Carlo-Giovanni Camarda, Emmanuelle Cambois, Ophelie Merville

In 2018, life expectancy at age 35 was almost 50 years for men in higher-level occupations versus 44 years for manual workers, a gap of nearly 6 years. These differences remain large at age 62: 3 years 6 months for men and 2 years 8 months for women. Despite a younger retirement age, male manual workers spend 2 fewer years in retirement than men in higher-level occupations and almost 3.5 more years unemployed or inactive. Moreover, manual workers frequently experience years of unemployment or inactivity before reaching legal retirement age. Women spend 3 to 4 more years in retirement than men of the same occupational category but also have more years of inactivity.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33672/611.a_web.en.pdf

№ 612, June 2023

Sexual violence against children and adolescents: Family abuse is seldom discussed

Elise Marsicano, Nathalie Bajos, Jeanna-eve Pousson

Sexual violence in childhood and adolescence is an extremely widespread phenomenon in France, especially for girls. It affects people from all social backgrounds. Boys are less likely to experience violence and less likely to talk about it. Girls mostly experience sexual abuse from family members or friends. Most abusers are men. One in 2 women who suffered sexual abuse as a child or adolescent, and 1 in 3 men, have spoken to someone about it. They most often confide only in family members, particularly their parents, and close intimates.

https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/33769/612.anglais.vf.en.pdf