DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT IN SLOVAKIA IN 2016
DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT IN SLOVAKIA IN 2016

Author(s): Miloš Bačík
Subject(s): Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: population; demographic processes; age structure; Slovakia;
Summary/Abstract: Demographic development in Slovakia corresponds to the long-term trend which originates in the change of the social system. In the 1990s, it was characterized particularly by a decreasing number of marriages and abortions, increasing divorce rate, a sharp decline in birth and fertility rates, rising unemployment, a low nominal wage and a high price level of goods and services. This demographic development was reflected in the deterioration of the key synthetic indicators which are in the long term below the threshold of sustainable growth. The age structure of the population was transformed by significant changes in the attitude towards reproduction. The shifts in age groups and the prolongation of human life have led to deepening the process of population ageing. In the present paper we focused on the brief characteristics of the demographic processes which to a different extent and scope influenced the demographic development in Slovakia in 2016. The concept of the paper is based on the data provided by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, and the classical analysis is used as the main method. Graphical (especially cartographic) outputs in the form of thematic maps are the main contribution of the paper.

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