

It is a work elaborated with scientific rigor that shows the experience of the author and of the institution to which she belongs, to offer a finished result that combines different methodological proposals when adding to the traditional demographic method of population's projections, the method of prospective scenarios that takes into account the action of economic, social and cultural elements. She offers a perspective vision of populational change and of the possible scenarios of volume and structure of general population from Cuba by ages and sexes, of its Economically Active Population, as well as the effects of fecundity, mortality and migrations on the future demographic evolution.
It has an important meaning for economic and social planning, and in particular for the design of social policies led to specific groups of the population, especially the third age, Economically Active Population and women in fertile age. It has received references about its scientific quality and practical use for planning work and for teaching. It was awarded the prize to the best result in the conduction of studies about society's development, of the University of Havana (UH) in 2001.