POPLINE Document Number: 052659
Author(s):
Golata E
Source citation:
STUDIA DEMOGRAFICZNE, 1988;(91):25-50.
Abstract:
Fertility data from 49 Polish counties during 1978/79 and 1983/84 were analyzed. Fertility rates were 91.36% in the first period and 98.38% in the second among women between 15 and 49 years of age. The 20-24 age group had the highest fertility rate (216.62% and 243.79% during the above time periods, respectively). During 1978/79 fertility rates varied significantly depending on area: the lowest values were obtained in the county of Lodz 72.1% and the highest ones in the county of Novosad. The variation was the highest in the three oldest age groups (27-55%). During 1983/84 in the most fertile age group 178.21% the lowest, was observed in Warsaw county, and 326.98%, in the highest, in Bialskopodle county. Between the two periods average fertility increased in the most fertile group, while it decreased in the oldest age groups. In the territorial analysis 4 sets of factors were studied: 1. urbanization level and professional activity; 2. living and working conditions; 3. domestic conditions; and 4. educational and cultural level. Sets 1 and 4 were very significant in the two youngest age groups (15-19 and 20-24). The effect of domestic conditions was increasing between the two periods, but no evidence was collected on the effect of income on fertility. In the 30-34 age group determining factors were: the number of TV sets per 1000 inhabitants (within set 4, set 3, and then set 2). In the youngest age groups the variation of fertility rates among different regions was increasing, while in the oldest groups fertility stabilized. The above models adequately accounted for the spatial variations of fertility.
Keywords:
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Fertility Rate
Age Factors
Geographic Factors
Population Distribution
Europe, Central
Europe
Developing Countries
Birth Rate
Fertility Measurements
Fertility
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Population Characteristics