Volume 57, Number 4-5 Vol. 57, 2002/4 - pagesPages 601 to 629Improving the Accuracy of Life Tables for the Oldest Old:By France Meslé, Jacques Vallin, translated by Yolande ObadiaPages 631 to 657Democratization or Increase in Educational Inequality?By Pierre Merle, translated by Yolande ObadiaPages 659 to 685Child Fostering under Six in Senegal in 1992-1993By Céline Vandermeersch, translated by O. Chimere-DanPages 687 to 728Recent Demographic Developments in FranceBy France PriouxPages 729 to 752France's One-Parent Families in 1999By Élisabeth Algava, translated by Glenn RobertsonPages 753 to 761Do Populations Conform to the Law of Anomalous Numbers?By Frédéric Sandron, translated by Sarah R. HayfordPages 763 to 792Measurement and Practices of Social and Racial Segmentation in CaliBy Olivier Barbary, translated by Mireille Rabenoro