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Current topic: The
causes of death and life expectancy in Moldova
- Why it is necessary to reconstruct the mortality data series
- Six stages of evolution of life expectancy in Moldova
- Complex dynamics of indices of causes of death
- Cardiovascular diseases: a slow decline
- Disturbing trend of increase of the gastrointestinal tract diseases
- Young people die less from external causes
- What is the feature of Moldavian type of mortality?
Russian
demographic barometer
- According to the latest data, the population of Russia
at the beginning of 2011 stood at 141.8 million
- The natural population decline in 2010 continued
to fall reaching 241,000 people, but the migration increase also
declined to 158,000 people
- The number of births in 2010 increased to 1,790,000,
while the total fertility rate rose by 12,6 ‰
- More marriages and fewer divorces were registered
in 2010
Analytical
articles
- Moldova in the process of depopulation
- Moldova in the flow of international migration
- Demographic prospects of Moldova
- Ethnic differentiation of mortality and life expectancy
in Ukraine in 1959-1989
Take
care of women!
- New resource on reproductive health
- The first Russian language blog discussing the problem
of violence against women
Recent
polls
- Russians’ well-being continues to grow
- Russians about their health
- Russians about their education
- Social inequality in Russia
- About the middle class according to the data of “Bashkirova
and Partners”
- About the middle class according to the data of LevadaCenter
- Interethnic relations
- Nationalism in modern Russia
Russian
news
- First results of the 2010 census will be announced in March
- The plan of implementation of the second phase of the concept
of population policy in Russia has been approved
- Putin has demanded to prevent setbacks in the implementation
of the population policy
- Because of the extreme heat, mortality in July-August 2010 increased
by 17.5%
- Russia may propose a bill on the state guarantees of the rights
of men and women
- Nearly 2 million children in Russia are in need of preschool
education
- Every fifth child in Russia is adopted by a foreign family
- Insanitation is not the reason to separate children from their
families
- It has been proposed to establish a center responsible for search
for missing children in Russia
- Over the past decade Russians buy less potatoes and alcohol
- Russians' real incomes fell in January by 5.5%
- Arrears in salaries is growing in Russia
- The pensions must reach at least 40% of lost earnings by 2015
- The State Duma approved the abolition of double taxation of
voluntary pensions
- The Government is preparing a bill on income tax deductions
for families with children
- Russian women will be able to choose the procedure of calculating
maternity benefits until 2013
- About 20 agencies in 2012 will shape the balance of labour resources
- The unemployment in January amounted to 6,9%
- The highest unemployment rates are in Ingushetia, the lowest
are in Moscow
- The number of one company towns with the level of unemployment
higher than 5% decreased by half
- Is attractiveness of migrants to employers due to their low
material demands?
- Foreign professionals complained to Medvedev about the new registration
rules in Russia
- All migrants in Moscow should be registered and insured
- Bastrykin suggests fingerprinting all immigrants
- FMS against dactyloscopy: too expensive and not many criminals
are there among migrants
- Medvedev mentions the problem with the qualifications of inter-ethnic
crimes
- Every fifth Russian dies due to alcohol abuse
- WHO proposes Russia to use pictures to frighten smokers
- Only one in hundred drug addicts in Russia gets rid of the dependence
- Onishchenko has stood for compulsory testing of pupils for drugs
- Russian authorities do not believe in the effectiveness of harm
reduction programs
- 95% of children born to HIV-positive mothers in Russia are healthy
- About 30% of children diagnosed with cancer are not reflected
in the statistics
- Ministry of Health, "enlivens" polio vaccine, parents
object
- About 70% of maternity hospitals in Russia need repairs
- The first crisis center for juvenile mothers opens in Moscow
- Muscovites will soon be able to obtain a universal e-card
Eurasian
news
- Fertility increased in Georgia
- Armenian children will be included in the State Register of
the population
- People below 35 are suggested to be considered "young"
in Moldova
- Belarusian adoptive parents no longer cling to the secrecy of
adoption
- UN believes that it's time to carry out the pension reform in
Ukraine
- Only alcoholics and drug addicts don’t reach the age of
retirement in Ukraine?
- The average pension in Ukraine at the end of the year will be
1380 hryvnia
- Funded pension system in Ukraine will be introduced in 2013
- 5-7 million Ukrainians are hiding "in the shadow"
from the Pension Fund
- Real wages of Belarusians fell by 13% in January
- The Cabinet Ministers of Ukraine increased the amount of payments
for childbirth
- Living wage in Georgia increased by 19%
- Migrant workers' wages help the citizens of Tajikistan to cope
with rising prices
- Labour migrants' remittances in Kyrgyzstan reached $1.2 billion
- Armenia launches a 6-day workweek
- ILO will help Tajikistan with the employment issues
- The unemployment benefit in Azerbaijan fell by 4,3% in January.
- The unemployment rate in Ukraine continues to grow
- Authorities acknowledge the existence of hidden unemployment
in Minsk
- Citizens of Azerbaijan will obtain internal biometric passports
- VerkhovnayaRada Speaker proposes to deprive of the Ukrainian
citizenship for obtaining a second citizenship
- Russians are likely to move to Ukraine more often than other
foreigners
- 20% girls in Tajikistan are forced to wear hijabs
- Only one of four HIV-infected in Tajikistan knows about his
status
- The level of discrimination against the HIV-infected reduced
in Tajikistan
- Almost 2,5 thousand people in Belarus died of alcohol poisoning
in 2010
- Is Moldova the world leader in alcohol consumption?
- Hungary, Russia and Ukraine have the highest mortality from
cancer in Europe
World
news
- World population will reach 7 billion this year
- Germans announced the main causes of low fertility in Germany
- Modern Spanish youth delays entering into adulthood
- Population census begins in Latvia
- World food prices reached alarming levels
- The number of the poor in Estonia increased twice during the
crisis
- British youth unemployment hits a record high
- Latvia should simplify the process of naturalization
- UK will facilitate the entry into its territory for millionaires
and scientists
- Migrants from Tunisia flocked to Italy
- Germany refused to receive refugees from Tunisia
- Attempt to build a multicultural society in the Netherlands
has failed
- AIDS remains the leading cause of death from infections in China
- WHO appeals for a more active application of strategies to combat
alcohol
- Germans are the third in the EU after the Irish and the Romanians
in strong alcohol consumption
- The mayor of New York City signed a bill banning smoking in
parks and on beaches
- Tanzanian drug addicts started receiving methadone
- Elderly Americans became less, while the young became more likely
to suffer from stroke
- Every ninth inhabitant of the Earth is
overweight
- South African children become more obese every year
- One in four Australian teenagers is overweight or obese
- Cholera vaccine will be tested on 240 thousand Bangladeshis
- Learning a second language and practicing it regularly protects
the elderly from dementia
- More than a quarter of a million people became victims of natural
disasters in 2010
- Great Britain is a nation of happy couples
- The largest family in the world lives in an Indian village
Newspapers
write about ...
- Kommersant , Novaya Gazeta , RBC daily and RossiyskayaGazeta
about the first results of implementation of the Concept of population
development in Russia
- Ng.by about the population policy in Belarus
- NovyeIzvestiya about the temporary procedure of maternity payment
calculation
- Slon.ru about fertility in Russia as seen by "Demoscope"
- Belarussian news about the best places to give birth
- NovyeIzvestiya about the attenuation of the national project
"Health"
- BBC and Gazeta.Ru about the population prospects of Russia as
seen by Standard & Poor's
- Vesti.ru about the demographic problems in Russia as seen by
Kudrin
- Vedomosti about the "silver economy" and the possible
benefits from aging
- Telegraph about demographic problems in Latvia
- Ukrainskayapravda about the pension problems in Ukraine
- Le Figaro and Russian Germany about multiculturalism in Europe
- NezavisimayaGazeta , Vedomosti and Expert about Russia and "multiculturalism"
- Kommersant-Plus about "multiculturalism" in Moldova
- Vedomosti about the national aspect in Russia
- Nezavisimayagazeta about ethnic and migration problems in Ukraine
- Fund Noravank about the future Muslim population in the world
- Kommersant about Islam in Russia
- BBC and Vedomosti about the registration of foreigners in Russia
- Vedomosti-St. Petersburg about attracting foreign workers in
St. Petersburg
- RossiyskayaGazeta about the problems with Russian citizenship
- Dengi about the possibilities of emigration from Russia
- NezavisimayaGazeta about refugees from Tunisia
- BBCrussian.com about alcohol problems in the world
- OPOVOonline about alcohol consumption and mortality in Brazil
- The Independent about alcohol consumption in Moldova
- Obozrevatel.com about the decrease of mortality from alcohol
in Ukraine
- Dengi about the origin and the "price" of AIDS
- The Washington Post about the AIDS problem in Ukraine
- NovyeIzvestiya about the "flu hysteria"
- The Observer about pros and cons of destroying the smallpox
virus
- NovyeIzvestiya about the problems of gender equality in Russia
- PervoeSentyabrya and Russkiy Reporter about youth in Russia
and worldwide
- Vedomosti about employment and unemployment
- Profile about the possible introduction of criminal penalties
for family kidnapping
- Lenta.Ru about the record in killing
- Expert about aging and cellular technologies
- Independent about infertility as a problem of settling in space
- RossiyskayaGazeta about the perspective population
surveys led by Rosstat
Recent
publications
- Report on healthcare in Europe, 2009
- Population of Moldova by age and sex in the territorial context
on January 1, 2010
- Labour force migration in the Republic of Moldova
- Women and men in the Republic of Moldova
- Regions of Russia. Socio-economic indicators 2010.
- Through the pages of magazines Demography and social economics
and Journal of Public Opinion
- Contents of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Profession:
Researcher
Congratulations to Yu. Roshchin on his 80th anniversary!
Yuri VasilyevichRoshchin, a specialist in the study
of migration processes, professor, Head of the migration management
department, Deputy Director of the Institute of Public Administration
and Law of the State University of Management, celebrates his 80th
birthday on the 19th of February.
New
in the Reading Room
- Series "New in Foreign Demography" continued
- Divorce. Demographic aspect . Collection of translated articles
- How to study fertility . Collection of translated articles
Students'
Page
- Research and Training Laboratory of Socio-Demographic
Policy. Presentation at the Winter Workshop
- Selected essays. Baby-boomreaucratic policy.
- Students against AMI-TASS (Medical information agency)
- About the Masters Program in Demography.
Satirical
column
About the "childquake" and non linear thinking.
"Demoscope" strikes back! ("Demography as a cunning
science" - continued). Students' support.
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