Center for Population Studies   Research lines   1.   Demographics of Ethnicities. The interest of this line of research derives from the recognition of (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1993).   2.   Family, Gender and Demography. The themes of family and gender relations have grown in importance in studies from a demographic perspective. It is difficult to understand demographic processes - which express needs, strategies (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995).   3.   Reproductive Health and Sexuality. This area works with the concept that Health is the reproductive system, its functions and processes, and not the simple absence of disease or illness, endorsed at the International Conference on Population (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995).   4.   Health and Morbidity and Mortality. Its proposal is to study the health-illness-death process from a historical perspective, identifying the real one (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1995).   5.   Population and Environment. This line aims to problematize the link between demographic growth and (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1983).   6.   Demography and Public Policies. bbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaa (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1999).   7.   Space Mobility. In this thematic area there are two interconnected lines of concerns and (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1997).   8.   Geoprocessing in Demography. This line aims to advance the spatialization of demographic phenomena using data geoprocessing systems. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 2000).