Demographic crisis in North Eastern Europe and some ways of its overcoming
2002
Stanaitis, A. (Lithuania)
In the last decade of the twenty's century the former states of the socialist camp, including the Baltic states, underwent a deep demographic crisis. It was predetermined by revolutionary political-economic transformations, which entailed high levels of unemployment, the deterioration of living conditions, and emigration of young people. These circumstances contributed to a considerable decrease of birth rates what resulted in natural deficit of the population. The age structure of the population, total index of birth rate, number of marriages and other indices took a negative trend in terms of reproduction. The articles includes a survey of the present demographic situation and analyses the demographic policy pursued in Lithuania. The emphasis is placed on those aspects of demographic policy, which is designated to accelerate the birth rates. The analysis of the existing demographic policy has revealed that, unfortunately, it lacks efficacy and produces no positive results. Recommendations, which in author's opinion, would improve the outcomes of demographic policy, are included.
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