Preliminary results of the international survey " Demography on the threshold of the year 2000 "

November 2000

We sincerely thanks all the persons who participated in this survey


1. Age ans sexe structure of the respondents.
2. Language used to answer the questionnaire.
3. Number of questionnaires by country of birth.
4. Main academic disciplines of training of respondents (categories recoded).
5. Organisations in which the respondents are currently working.
6.
Membership in scientific associations of respondent
7. Objectives (categories recoded) which determine the commitment of respondents to demography
8.
Paradigms quoted by respondents according to demography.
9. Phenomena (categories recoded) quoted by respondents as having most influenced demography.

 

1. Age ans sexe structure .

Age

Female

Male

No answer

Total

24 et moins
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65+
No answer

Total

 

8
24
53
31
32
24
33
20
18
3
1

247

2
20
30
44
41
60
57
46
40
44
1

384


1


3

1
1


6

10
45
83
75
73
84
93
66
59
48
1

637






2 . Language used to answer the questionnaire.

Language of questionnaires

Number

English
French
Spanish
Russian
Total

352
214
49
22
637


3. Number of questionnaires receved by country of birth

(more developed countries, less developed countries).

Country LDC/MDC

Total

LDC
MDC
Total

141
496
637

(regions)

Regions

Total

Europe
North America
Other
Total

355
134
148
637



4. Main academic discipline, (categories recoded) of training of respondents (%, several answers possible)




5.
Organisations in which the respondents are currently working (%, several answers possible, 620 respondents).



 


6. Membership in scientific associations of respondents
(%, several answers possible, 527 respondents).




7. Objectives (categories recoded) which determine the commitment of respondents to demography (%, several answers possible, 593 respondents)


8. Paradigms quoted by respondents as central to demography (%, several answers possible, 575 respondents) .



9.Phenomena (categories recoded) quoted by respondents as having most influenced demography (%, several answers possible, 543 respondents).