Created in 1945, INED has been a public scientific and technological establishment (EPST) since 1986. It is under the joint control of the Ministry for Research and the Ministry for Employment and Solidarity.

**Missions

At its own initiative or on request of the government, INED studies the population in all its aspects, in France and overseas, through three missions:

• undertake and encourage all research work on populations to contribute to the evolution and development of demographic science
• collect and provide French and international information (publication, documentation), accessible on site or via the Internet
• distribute this information and participate in training in its field of competence

**Fields of Activity

• general studies of populations, demographic situations
• natality, fecundity, contraception, abortion and international monitoring
• family, households, marriage, divorce, sexual behavior
• mortality, morbidity, health
• internal migration and spatial distribution of the population
• international migrations and foreign population
• excluded populations (homeless, prisons, difficult questions)
• economy and demography
• evolution of developing countries
• populations genetic
• history of populations

**Key Figures

• a budget of 12.5 million euros (2001).
• 170 employees, including 57 researchers.