Open AccessSocio-geographic analysis of the demographic situation in Vinnytsia Oblast: current condition and peculiarities of development
Author(s) -
Lyudmila V. Atama,
Inna Voyna,
Leonid M. Kirilyuk,
Olga P. Chyzh,
Yuriy V. Yatsentiuk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of geology, geography and geoecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-2909
pISSN - 2617-2119
DOI - 10.15421/112156
Subject(s) - demographic analysis , population , birth rate , geography , statistic , demographic statistics , demography , age structure , unemployment , distribution (mathematics) , demographic profile , demographic change , demographic economics , regional science , economic geography , socioeconomics , economic growth , developed country , sociology , research methodology , economics , statistics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The article contains analysis of the current demographic situation in Vinnytsia Oblast. We determined causes and factors influencing the development of the demographic situation in Vinnytsia Oblast. The paper reveals the specifics of development of the demographic processes in Vinnytsia Oblast according to the data of the Main Statistic Service in Vinnytsia Oblast for the period from 1959 to January 1, 2020. We determined how the totals of the urban and rural populations have changed. Based on the analysis of statistical and literature sources, we researched the specifics of natural movement of population, its sex and age structure, migration, distribution of the employed population and unemployment rate. We provide characteristics of specifics of the territorial differentiation of parameters of birth, death rates, natural increment (decline), migration, sex and age structure in Vinnytsia Oblast. We analyzed the specifics of employment of population in Vinnytsia Oblast, levels of economic activity and unemployment. We etermined modern tendencies of natural movement of the population, its impact on the prospects of further changes. We found out the problems of current demographic development in Vinnytsia Oblast based on determining modern specifics of the demographic parameters of the population in the researched area. The paper suggests ways to improve the demographic situation in Vinnytsia Oblast in the immediate future. As a result of the research, the demographic situation in Vinnytsia oblast was found to be negative. We observed a number of negative tendencies and patterns, including decrease in the rural population; decrease in the birth rate in the period from 1995 to 2020; high death rates due to diseases of blood circulation and malignant tumors; high parameters of aging of the population, especially in rural areas; decrease in the number of the employable population in the Oblast, etc.