Maria João Casanova de Araújo e Sá Valente Rosa

• PhD in Sociology- Demography (1993)
• Professor & Researcher at FCSH-NOVA University of Lisbon & Researcher at the IPRI-NOVA

Demographic ageing is a positive trend, as it is rooted in social development and the achievements of life. Today, the key driver of ageing is the greater population longevity. So, with demographic ageing underway, population longevity is emerging as an increasingly central notion in the framework of modern societies. The concepts of demographic ag...

Studying the complex and rich subject of international migration, which crosses multiple areas of knowledge (such as anthropology, economics, sociology, geography, political science or demography) and which impacts on various sectors of society (such as the labour market, health, justice, social and territorial cohesion, cultural identity, educatio...

Since 1982, total fertility rates in Portugal have remained below the replacement level (i.e. 2.1 ‘births per woman’). The lowest value, 1.2 ‘births per woman’, was reached in 2013. Today, despite being low, total fertility rates are around 1.4. The percentage of foreign women living in Portugal has been increasing. Since 2020, it has exceeded 5%...

Reduzir as desigualdades é um dos 17 objetivos da Agenda 2030. Esta ambição refere-se às desigualdades sociais – pois a diferença entre pessoas é natural, humana – caso estas desigualdades não resultem de opções ou de esforços pelos quais cada pessoa é responsável. Este artigo reflete como continuam decisivos, em Portugal, na trajetória de vida ou...

Reflection on the low fertility levels in Portugal, taking the opportunity to remember that times - both for parents (especially for mothers/women) and for children - are no longer what they were in the past. And that, as such, there are strong reasons that help to understand what is happening, noting also some specificities of the Portuguese case,...

This article aims to discuss the scope and value of the conventional metrics used to assess and compare levels of ageing between different populations. The age brackets for classifying if the population is ageing or aged are typically based on chronological age and are very close to the stages of the economic tripartite life cycle: the school/educa...

A progressively ageing population was the landscape that the Covid-19 epidemic encountered when it struck the world in 2020. Given the relationship between Covid-19 and age, it would be logical to deduce that demographic ageing is a sufficient predictor of the impact of this virus on populations. Focusing on European Countries-territory with an exc...

RESUMO Muito se tem dito e escrito sobre a natalidade e a fecundidade em Por-tugal, um tema sempre presente desde que o país, no quadro europeu, perdeu o já raro traço de ter descendências numerosas e passou a ser, como os restantes no quadro da União Europeia, um país de descendên-cias reduzidas. Na complexa equação sobre a decisão de parentalidad...

Os mais velhos são o principal alvo e a principal vítima desta pandemia, sempre que a idade cronológica estiver associada a vulnerabilidades particulares do estado de saúde, risco que se agrava fortemente com a vivência dessas pessoas em espaços fechados e em convivência com pessoas infectadas, como acontece com os lares para pessoas idosas. Porém,...

bilingual edition- in Portuguese and English This essay is about the ageing population. Its main goal is to present demographic facts, question entrenched ideas regarding ageing and invite reflection upon society’s awkward coexistence with the course of events. This book offers both a critical review of the inherited principles that dictate life...

Migration statistics from the point of view of the users. The presentation is divided in three main parts: • 1st part is about the Unity of ideas concerning Migration and Statistics • 2nd part is about Migration Statistics as a complex field marked by a diversity of practices • And finally, some Recommendations for the future.

Esta reflexão começa, precisamente, por dar conta de alguns preconceitos sobre o envelhecimento que “esbarram” com a prova dos factos. De seguida, e em jeito de teste ao pensamento dominante, é analisada a base que serve de referência a toda a avaliação do envelhecimento demográfico e à determinação do que é, então, uma população envelhecida. Por f...

Conclusions Concerning the statistical literacy issue, we now know much more than in the past. But what we know today is not enough. We need to discover the real impact of all our efforts towards the improvement of statistical literacy and the understanding of the actual importance of statistical literacy for our wellbeing and economic prosperity....

This paper suggests a classification of users around which planning for improved communication might be centred, and suggests a framework for better engagement between users and producers of statistics. Section 3 sets out ESAC’s recommendation, using the frameworks in Section 2, in relation to possible next steps and actions in promoting the centra...

Baseado na análise sumária dos resultados proporcionada pelo Inquérito à Fecundidade de 2013, o capítulo está estruturado em três eixos: um primeiro relativo aos indicadores-medidas do fenómeno; um segundo sobre as atitudes perante a fecundidade em função dos géneros e das gerações; um terceiro que levanta pistas sobre o futuro atendendo à(s) espec...

A célebre frase do passado «orgulhosamente sós» pouco ou nada ter que ver com o presente que Portugal é. Por isso, quando se fala de Portugal contemporâneo, raramente se evitam as com- parações com outros territórios. As marcas das diferenças ou das semelhanças entre «nós» e os «outros» povos nunca escapam nas análises, mesmo as mais isentas ou des...

Todos envelhecemos, por isso o envelhecimento individual (de cada um de nós) faz parte do nosso quotidiano. Porém, começámos recentemente a ser confrontados com um outro envelhecimento, de tipo colectivo: o envelhecimento da população em geral. A população envelhece porque a Humanidade cresceu em conhecimento técnico-científico e as condições de vi...

Portugal is now host to an increasing number of migrant individuals and families. However, the education system is finding it hard to build the capacity required to accommodate the diversity stemming from the mass attendance in school of the migrants' children. This article begins with an analysis of selected indicators of school performance; this...

This article looks at the South European exceptionalism thesis and takes immigration in Portugal as a basis for its discussion of the question. Against the overall background of the demographic and institutional context, the authors consider a number of indicators related to the integration of migrants into the labour market. They conclude that the...

PIP: The author discusses methods of developing ideas about how aging societies should react to demographic aging. "Some ideas are introduced that the author believes to be fundamental to a consideration of the subject. One of these is the concept of demographic ageing as a natural development that does not necessarily mean that societies where it...

The author discusses methods of developing ideas about how aging societies should react to demographic aging. "Some ideas are introduced that the author believes to be fundamental to a consideration of the subject. One of these is the concept of demographic ageing as a natural development that does not necessarily mean that societies where it happe...