themes trends and facts

Unit 1 key trends and facts

• last 15 years, there was a decrease in mariages in France

• 75% of children live with both parents

• PACS is a contract between 2 people

• Around 50% of the young French people feel under pressure

• Nearly 8% of the families are blended families in France

• In 2013, same sex marriages was legalised in France

Unit 2 key trends and facts

• 40% of young French people claimed to have been cyber bullied

• The average time spent on the phone in France was 15 hours in 2017

• In 2015, over 2500 posts have been created to prevent cyberbullying

• ¾ suicides per year due to cyber bullying

Unit 3 key trends and facts

• 1.3 million charities

• Over 12 million volunteers are in an association in France

• 21% of 18-24 year olds are volunteers

• Different charities: les restos de coeur, les banques alimentaires, la croix rouge et le samu social

• 85% of young people have a good image for civil services (they took part in civil services)

Unit 4 key trends and facts

• There is nearly 44,200 historical monuments in France

• There were 84 millions tourists in the past year

• UNESCO was found in 1945

• La France has 43 sites in the unesco list

• France is 4th in the most registered sites

Unit 5 key trends and facts

• Pop is the most popular genre in France with 43% of the listeners in france

• Average person in France listens to music for an hour and a half a day

• Festivals like printemps du bourge and Hellfest

• 70% of french people go to concerts

• Over 18,000 concerts hosted per year

Unit 6 key trends and facts

• 200 films are produced each year in France

• Cinema is the 7th art

• Most popular festivals are festival de canne, gerardmer and deauville

• In the last 50 years number of visitors have increased in the cinema industry

• Comedy is the favourable genre in the French cinema

Unit 7 key trends and facts

• there are approximately 5.8 million immigrant in France

• In 1905, French parliament voted to separate the church and the state

• 76% of French people that ethnic discrimination is wildspread

• A way to promote a more diverse society is the paralympics, get people the learn languages from a young age and create campaigns against discrimination

Unit 8 key trends and facts

• 3.8 million people are in bad homes

• In 2017, 9.8% of France’s population don’t have a job

• Every 3 hours, a homeless person dies in France

• More and more females are becoming homeless with an average of 30,000 children homeless too

Unit 9 key trends and facts

• 4% increase of violence in France

• In 2015, approximately 115 prisoners have committed suicide in prison

• Prisions are overpopulated by 118%

• 16% of France don’t feel safe at there homes vs 20% outside of home

Unit 10 key trends and facts

• 80% follow political news in France

• 10% of the young people arent interested in politics

• More than 10 million people have voted for Le FN party

• 75% of the the French population vote

Unit 11 key trends and facts

• 10% of employees join a union

• There has been a decrease of strikes

• 56% of France are against strikes

• Many public secteurs after 712 strikes have gone private

Unit 12 key trends and facts

• 26 countries in Europe are part of Schengen

• There’s has been a decrease of immigration in the last 30 years

• In 2014, 4500 French people have immigrated to Canada

• France is 4th for the most desired destination for the immigrants in the world