Applications of Databases to Humanities and Social Sciences

Demography : Answer 1

Display, for each individual, how many brothers and sisters he(she) has.

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The kind " brother or sister " will be determined by the attribute "sex" for the individuals who play the role of brothers or sisters of the individual of reference.
We can see, in the result of the query, that the individual number 1 has two sisters (sex F) and that the individual number 7 has a brother (sex H) and a sister (sex F).

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Demography : Answer 2

Display, for each individual, the name of its grandparents, on the father's side.

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Demography : Answer 3

Display the average age of the women at the date of their marriage.

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Demography : Answer 4

Display the name of the children (and the number of individual) whose parents do not have same nationality.

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Demography : Answer 5

Display the families (name of the father and name of the mother) which have more than 2 children.

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Demography : Answer 6

Display the rank (elder, second child ...) of the individual whose number is equal to 11.

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