On the occasion of his wishes for the year 1963, General de Gaulle calls for progress as a national ambition, starting with demographic progress believing that modern France could have one hundred million inhabitants, among the unborn babies but also the returnees from Algeria who would decide to settle in mainland France.
On the occasion of the presentation of his wishes to the French, François MITTERRAND, after having made an analysis of the situation of France in the world, draws up four priority objectives for 1983, to start with the youth target by continuing the action in favor of vocational training for each young French, then to the attention of the family with an impetus to be found with a help to the second and third child. National duty according to the head of state.
Interview with Michèle BARZARCH, Minister for Health, on the measures of the new family policy and in particular the parental education allowance followed by the interview with Jacques BONNAFOUX, of the Union of Family Associations.
Report devoted to the measures that the government will put in place to promote the birth rate. About 7 billion francs will be allocated to the revaluation of family allowances.
Interview with a mother who intends to have 4 children and hopes to increase family allowances. Interview with Georgina DUFOIX, State Secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs, on the budget set up to promote the birth of more than two children per family.
On March 10, a general census of the French population took place, for the first time in ten years. It is situated in a downward evolution of the population of France since 1801. Commentary on images of the various forms of enumeration, the counting of forms, of French filling in a questionnaire, of drawings and figures concerning the evolution of the demography of France since 1701 and of images of children in illustration.