Open AccessLITHUANIAN POPULATION AGING FACTORS ANALYSIS / LIETUVOS GYVENTOJŲ SENĖJIMĄ LEMIANČIŲ VEIKSNIŲ ANALIZĖ
Author(s) -
Agnė Garlauskaitė,
Rasa Zabarauskaitė
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
mokslas - lietuvos ateitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-2341
pISSN - 2029-2252
DOI - 10.3846/mla.2015.747
Subject(s) - lithuanian , population , demography , political science , sociology , philosophy , linguistics
The aim of this article is to identify the factors that determine aging of Lithuania’s population and to assess the influence of these factors. The article shows Lithuanian population aging factors analysis, which consists of two main parts: the first describes the aging of the population and its characteristics in theoretical terms. Second part is dedicated to the assessment of trends that influence the aging population and demographic factors and also to analyse the determinants of the aging of the population of Lithuania. After analysis it is concluded in the article that the decline in the birth rate and increase in the number of emigrants compared to immigrants have the greatest impact on aging of the population, so in order to show the aging of the population, a lot of attention should be paid to management of these demographic processes