Individuals relate to society through their families and households. When these units add or lose members — or when the household members grow older, divorce, or marry — there can be profound social and economic consequences.
(2003) A census is inevitably a blend of politics and science — politics because power and money are linked to how many people live where, science because the technically complex undertaking draws on many scientific disciplines.
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Changement démographique radical
(Février 2003) Lors du recensement du 1er avril 1999, la population du Vietnam dépassait tout juste le cap des 76 millions d’habitants, ce qui en faisait le 13e pays le plus peuplé du monde.
(2003) Coastal regions, areas that are home to a large and growing proportion of the world’s population, are undergoing environmental decline.
(2003) Encore sous le coup des répercussions de la crise financière en Asie, l’Indonésie souffre depuis quelques années de nombreuses difficultés, allant des troubles sociaux, de l’instabilité politique, de la violence ethnique et confessionnelle à la diminution de l’accès aux services de santé et autres services publics.
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(June 2003) As the U.S.
(2004) The U.S. Appalachian region has been characterized mostly by its economic hardship and geographic isolation. With rural isolation and fast-growing metropolitan, the 13-state region is far from homogeneous.
(June 2003) The United States has always had a significant foreign-born population, but the number of foreign born reached an all-time high of 32.5 million in 2002 — equal to 11.
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(2003) Depuis 1979, début des gaige kaifang (réforme et ouverture), la Chine a pris le chemin de son intégration dans le système économique mondial, les investissements étrangers sur son territoire et l’exportation de ses produits dans le monde entier.
(2003) Reaching age 100 has long fascinated society. The century mark holds an almost mystical importance as a seal of hardiness and good health — the sign of a life well-lived.