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An interpretation of the changes in demographic behaviour at a sub‐national level using spatial measures in post‐socialist countries: A case study of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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  • Branislav Bleha
  • Pavol Ďurček

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The transformation of fertility and family behaviour in post‐socialist countries was quick and the changes were striking. An account of the changes is the subject of dispute and the mechanisms have still not been explained in a fully satisfying manner. Relatively little attention has been paid to the changes in spatial aspects concerning the broadening of changes in family behaviour. The aim of this paper is to answer the question as to whether changes spread stochastically in post‐socialist countries or if there are obvious spatial patterns. The study tries to answer the questions whether there are any cores of changes which may be understood as innovations, if there is any spatial clustering and if the extent is hierarchically arranged. La transformación de la fecundidad y el comportamiento familiar en los países postsocialistas ha sido rápida y los cambios han sido extraordinarios. El relato de los cambios es objeto de controversia y los mecanismos aún no se han explicado de manera plenamente satisfactoria. Se ha prestado relativamente poca atención a los cambios en los aspectos espaciales relativos a la ampliación de los cambios en el comportamiento familiar. El objetivo de este artículo es responder a la pregunta de si los cambios se extienden estocásticamente en los países postsocialistas o si existen patrones espaciales obvios. El estudio intenta responder a las preguntas de si existen núcleos de cambios que podrían entenderse como innovaciones, si existe alguna aglomeración espacial y si la extensión está ordenada de forma jerárquica. ポスト社会主義国における出生行動と家族行動の変容は速く進み、非常に大きな変化があった。この変化の説明が議論の主題となっており、変化のメカニズムについてはまだ十分に納得できる説明はなされていない。家族行動の変容の広がりに関して、空間的な側面での変化については、これまでほとんど関心が向けられてこなかった。本稿の目的は、ポスト社会主義国において変化は確率的に拡大したかどうか、あるいは明らかな空間的パターンがあるかどうか、という問題に対する回答を示すことである。また、イノベーションとして理解されると考えられる変化の中心核があるかどうか、空間クラスタリングがあるかどうか、またその程度は階層的に構成されているかどうか、という問題の解明を試みる。

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  • Branislav Bleha & Pavol Ďurček, 2019. "An interpretation of the changes in demographic behaviour at a sub‐national level using spatial measures in post‐socialist countries: A case study of the Czech Republic and Slovakia," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(1), pages 331-351, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:1:p:331-351
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12318
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    1. Yoann Doignon & Thierry Eggerickx & Ester Rizzi, 2020. "The spatial diffusion of nonmarital cohabitation in Belgium over 25 years: Geographic proximity and urban hierarchy," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 43(48), pages 1413-1428.

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