"Demography at the threshold of the year 2000"
an international survey

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Because of the interruption of the connection to the questionnaire
the deadline to return it is extended to
31 May 2000.


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   Overview of the project

In order to present a picture of the various aspects of demography as a discipline at the end of the century and to attempt an exploration of its future evolution, we ask you to take part in this survey.

Most likely, for the first time in demography, a survey by questionnaire is undertaken using the resources of Internet. You are invited to try this new way of data collection, to read the results on-line, and to draw your own conclusion on its usefulness.

  1. You  may answer the questions by   completing the questionnaire on-line on our Web site. To select this option, you just click on the Blue Button "Go to questionnaire", located in the lower right side of this page, or directly here.Ouvrir questionnaire Web
    For better results, we suggest to use a Navigator such as Internet Explorer or Netscape (in this case, version 4.0 at least)

Caution! The downloading of the questionnaire from the Web site may take a few minutes during wich your screen may remain blank, in spite of the fact that you have received a message indicating, that the document has been downloaded. This situation is normal. Your computer needs some time to "recreate" the questionnaire. Let it do it. the duration of this procedure depends of the power of the computer and/or its configuration.

  1. However, we suggest that those who do not have a browser suitable for this type of survey download our questionnaire as a MS Word model file (QuestionEn.dot 160 Kb.) from here:  Ouvrir fichier Word

In this case, you need only to open this file on your computer and to answer the questions directly. After answering you just have to save the completed questionnaire under any name you like and send it by e-mail as attached file to the following address: demo2000@ined.fr

  1. Lastly, there is a thrid way of participating in this survey. You write down your answers on a print copy of the questionnaire and send it to the following address by regular mail :

Mr. Jean-Claude Chasteland
  INED. 133,
boulevard Davout - 75980 PARIS Cedex 20, FRANCE  

fax : ++33 (0)1 56 06 21 92

To use this third option, you should dowload the questionnaire from this page as MS World model file, open it on your computer and print it.

You may like to combine these three options, download the questionnaire, print it, study it, and use one of two first options for answering and sending the completed questionnaire.

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To whom is this questionnaire addressed?

To all researchers and specialists involved in demography or population studies.

If you are not  a demographer yourself, nor a member of a demographic association, but you work in the context of a demographic project or within a demographic institution, then you are also concerned by this survey.

Deadline to complete the questionnaire

We would be grateful if you could complete this questionnaire and return it before the 31 May 2000 to the address mentioned above, and also if you could inform you colleagues about this survey..Remonter sur cette page


Purpose of the survey

This survey offers an opportunity to assess the state of demography at the end of this century and to answer some basic questions such as: what are the main links of demography with other disciplines? What are its main theoretical and technical frames of reference. How are reflected in its own evolution the evolution of society? How is its future evolution perceived by demographers. Remonter sur cette page


The authors of the survey

This suvey is undertaken at the initiative of small and independent group of demographers from different countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom)  hosted by the  Institut national d'études démographiques - INED (Paris).

It includes :
Alexandre Avdeev (Center for Population Studies, Moscow State University), Jean-Claude Chasteland (INED, Former Director of Population Division, UN), François Héran (INED, Paris), Michel Loriaux (Université catholique de Louvain), Giuseppe A. Micheli (Università Cattolica di Milano), Máire Ní Bhrolcháin (University of Southampton), Anatole Romaniuc (University of Alberta), Louis Roussel (INED, Paris).

Some questions of the questionnaire have been derived from a survey prepared by European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) which was submitted to the participants of the European population conference in Milan in September 1995. The authors of that survey were Francesco Billari, Maria Chiara Debernardi and Giuseppe Micheli..Remonter sur cette page


Anonymous character of the questionnaire.

Our survey is completely anonymous with regard to the data collection (questionnaire) and with regard to the analysis of the results.

Nevertheless, we invite those, who wish to be informed quickly of the results of the survey, to register on the list of participants of our survey. We propose several opportunities to register on this list :

The first one is given to those who used our online Web questionnaire by "Acknowledgment of receipt", which appears on your screen just after submit on questionnaire.

If you have choosen to answer in the WORD version through e-mail, we suggest to mark your name and your address in the body of text of your e-mail message to which you attach the file with completed questionnaire.

In the case that you prefer to send us the questionnaire by ordinary mail, we ask you to put with a sheet  your contact details into a separate unmarked envelope enclosed with your questionnaire.

Lastly, if you would like to send your questionnaire by fax, you could fax your contact details also, using for this purpose a separate  sheet.

The nominal data will be used only to establish a list of people who wish to be informed quickly of the results. These data cannot be linked in any way with answers to the questionnaire. Remonter sur cette page


Analysis and dissemination of the results

Results will be available on web pages hosted by four research centers: INED (Paris, France), Centre for Population Studies of Moscow State University (Russia), Université Catholique de Louvain(Belgium) and University of Southampton (United Kingdom).Remonter sur cette page

Contents of the questionnaire

A. Some information on your personal and professional history.
B. Demography and Society: your view on current problems.
C. What are the prospects of demography ?
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