DEMOGRAFIE

1994 - VOLUME, NUMBER 3

95.39.1 - Czech The 24th Population Conference of the Czech Demographic Society: "The family in contemporary Czech Republic"

In the framework of the International Year of the Family, the traditional May conference of the Czech Demographic Society was dedicated to the current changes in Czech families. The importance of demographic studies on this topic, both past and present, was underligned (P. Horská) and experiences in the analysis of trends and family household structures were presented, based on the results of the 1991 census (M. Kucera). J. Rychtarikova examined the building and breaking up of families while L. Fialová studied the reproductive level and processes within and outwith families. V. Kucharová and V. Lhotská listed the results of a survey on the economic behavioural patterns of young families in a context of changing living conditions. Finally, M. Hirsl presented the trends in family income and expenditure structures and M. Bartosová gave an update on the situation of the elderly. (HUNGARY, CONFERENCES, FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY, POPULATION SITUATION)

95.39.2 - Czech - Karol PASTOR The value of statistical data on religion

The Czech census of 1991 included a question on religious affiliation. These data cannot be compared to those of the 1950 census or any previous ones as the formal affiliation to any given church was not then recorded. Nor can they be assimilated to the number of believers. But they are in agreement with similar data collected during sociological surveys undertaken during the 1980s, as well as with church statistics. The proportion of people who declared at the time of the census that they followed a religion can thus be considered a credible indicator of the population's religious bent. The number of people who did not reply to this question remains quite stable, but at a different level in the two republics. These would apparently be people who do have a certain personal religion and who, like the group of people "whose religious conviction is not very strong" in previous studies, make up a transitional category between the believers who are members of a church and the people without a religion. (CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CENSUSES, RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION)

95.39.3 - Czech - Vladimír SRB and Alois ANDRLE Religious affiliation of the Czechs according to the census of March 3rd, 1991

After an interruption of forty years, the question on religious affiliation was reintroduced in the 1991 census. The authors examine the results on an overall level and by age-specific groups. The Roman Catholic Church lies in first place (46.6%), far in front of the other churches. The age structures of Catholics, members of other churches, people with no religious affiliation and those who refused to answer the question are detailed and compared. It is clear that the anti-religious campaigns which took place after 1945 had a strong impact on the young generations. (CZECH REPUBLIC, CENSUSES, RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS)

1994 - VOLUME 36, NUMBER 4

95.39.4 - Czech - Jirina RUZKOVA and Milan ALES

Population situation in the Czech Republic in 1993 (Populacní vyvoj v Ceské republice v roce 1993)

The economic and social changes taking place in the Czech Republic are also having an effect on its demographic development. In 1993, the latter could be characterised by a spectacular drop in nuptiality, the continuing decline in birth rates, infant mortality and neonatal mortality, a marked fall in the number of induced abortions and a net decrease in population growth due to migratory movements. It is the disenchantment with marriage which is the most noticeable trait in Czech demography in 1993 - the gross nuptiality rate (number of marriages per 1,000 inhabitants) has dropped to its lowest level since the end of the First World War, but still remains higher than in Western Europe. The average age of women at first marriage (21) is still the lowest in Europe. The number of births is the lowest recorded since 1918 while the gross birth rate is at its lowest level since statistics were first recorded in Bohemia and Moravia (1785). The Czech population would appear to be resolutely heading towards adopting the two-children-family model. The proportion of illegitimate births, while lower than the European average, is at its highest since 1920. Induced abortion and mortality are both declining with regularity, in particular infant and neonatal mortality. Two-thirds of the population growth can be attributed to net migration. As of December 31st, 1993, the Czech population consisted of 10,334,013 inhabitants. (CZECH REPUBLIC, POPULATION SITUATION)

95.39.5 - Czech - Jaromír BELACEK Trends in components of annual population movement at district level (Analyza vyvoje okresu z hlediska jednoletych komponent prirozené meny a migrací)

The author describes population trends in the 76 districts which make up the Czech Republic, in terms of annual series of gross birth, death, emigration and immigration rates since 1951, and proposes an extrapolation to the year 2000 (by means of exponential smoothing). The historical data are proof of the homogeneisation of the country with regard to the natural components of population growth, but the variability of migratory movements has little chance of declining. The author identifies the districts where the demographic dynamism is the highest and the lowest. (CZECH REPUBLIC, ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS, POPULATION DYNAMICS, POPULATION PROJECTIONS)

95.39.6 - Czech - Antonín SIPEK Incidence of anencephaly depends on the frequency of hepatitis in the population (Závislost anencefalie na vyskytu infekcní hepatitidy v populaci)

From 1960 to 1990, the number of cases of anencephalitic children born in the Czech territory was recorded as well as the frequency of cases of hepatitis A which could be one of the factors responsible for this congenital anomaly. An examination of these data series shows that, after a year in which the number of hepatitis cases increased, there was also an increase in the number of cases of anencephaly; and after a year in which hepatitis cases were less frequent, there was a corresponding drop in cases of anencephaly. (CZECH REPUBLIC, CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES)

95.39.7 - Czech - Himanshu PANDEY Two probabilistic migration models in mountainous regions of India (Nekteré pravdepodobnostní modely pro migranty z horskych oblastí Indie)

By improving on a simple, probabilistic model (Pandey, 1992), the author proposes two ways in which models can be made of the number of single men aged over 15 years old and who leave their village. He uses two examples to demonstrate how to make an easy calculation of the parameters of these two models. (INDIA, INTERNAL MIGRATION, STOCHASTIC MODELS)

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