Regional differences in the age structure of Poland’s population in the years 1999–2010: a multivariate approach

MierzejewskaCDFMR Lidia () and ParysekCDFMR Jerzy J. ()
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MierzejewskaCDFMR Lidia: University, Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Dzięgielowa 27, 61-288 Poznań, Poland; phone: +48 618 296 145
ParysekCDFMR Jerzy J.: University, Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Dzięgielowa 27, 61-288 Poznań, Poland, phone: +48 618 296 153

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2013, vol. 19, issue 19, 61-72

Abstract: One of the characteristic features of the modern world is the dynamics of demographic changes. Depending on their nature and intensity, they can be a driving force behind socio-economic development or doom it to stagnation or regression. There is no doubt, however, that a declining demographic potential, especially unfavourable changes in the age structure of the population (an ageing society), may contribute to economic difficulties in the given area, often leading to social problems. The aim of the research the results of which are presented in this article was to analyse regional differences in the age structure of Poland’s population in two time intervals, viz. the years 1999 and 2010, using multivariate techniques, and more specifically, principal components analysis and cluster analysis. They both make it possible to accommodate many features of the population age structure simultaneously, thus better illustrating the two situations (the years 1999 and 2010) and changes that took place in between, than univariate approaches

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2478/bog-2013-0004

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