Volume 61, Number 1-2 Vol. 61, 2006/1 - pagesPages 11 to 13Etienne van de Walle 1932-2006By Henri LeridonPages 15 to 15To our readersBy Michel Bozon, Éva Lelièvre, Francisco Munoz-PérezPages 19 to 28Sociology and demographyBy Jean StoetzelPages 29 to 40Jean Stoetzel, Demography and Public Opinion: for the Sixtieth Anniversary of PopulationBy Paul-André Rosental, translated by Roger DepledgePages 41 to 70Effects of Pension Reforms on Gender Inequality in FranceBy Carole Bonnet, Sophie Buffeteau, Pascal Godefroy, translated by David TashPages 71 to 97Collecting Community Histories to Study the Determinants of Demographic BehaviourBy Bruno Schoumaker, Hubert Bonayi Dabire, Bilampoa Gnoumou-Thiombiano, translated by Julia KeyPages 99 to 127The Influence of Childbearing Regional Contexts on Ideal Family Size in EuropeBy Maria Rita Testa, Leonardo GrilliPages 131 to 142The Effects of Family Policy in the Former GDR on Nuptiality and Births Outside MarriageBy Anne Salles, translated by Catriona Dutreuilh