REGIONALNE ZRÓŻNICOWANIE ROZWOJU GOSPODARCZEGO A STRUKTURA DEMOGRAFICZNA W WOJEWÓDZTWACH W POLSCE
REGIONAL DIVERSIFICATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE IN VOIVODSHIPS IN POLAND

Summary/Abstract: The study covers issues of regional diversification of economic development and demographic structure in Poland in 2006 and 2015. The aim of the work is to identify regional differences in economic development and demographic structure in Poland and to establish a ranking of voivodships in terms of differentiation of economic development and demographic structure.Information originating from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office [Główny Urząd Statystyczny] was the source of the data. The study period covers 2006 and 2015. One of the taxonomic methods (so-called standard method) was used in the study. Using the taxonomic method allowed us to compare and organize the voivodships from the point of view of economic development and demographic structure. They were organized according to the analyzed phenomena by means of one aggregated size i.e. synthetic variable. The synthetic variable allows moving from a multidimensional description to a one dimensional one, which means that multiple units can be described by one aggregatesize. Research showed that in the analyzed years the best situation in terms of economic development and demographic structure occurred in the Wielkopolskie voivodship, while the worst situation in terms of the analyzed phenomena was recorded in Świętokrzyskie voivodship.

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