tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post7080875042511668566..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: What last year's natural increase in Estonia meansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-34493147096182770292011-05-03T15:09:58.125+00:002011-05-03T15:09:58.125+00:00Randy, couple of details.
You are writing: "...Randy, couple of details.<br /><br />You are writing: "The first city of Estonia (Tallinn) by population has a three-fifths Estonian majority, the second (Narva) an overwhelming Russophone majority, but the third (Tartu) and fourth (Pärnu) overwhelming Estonian majorities."<br /><br />Here is small mistake. Tartu (not Narva) is second largest city.Mikk Salunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-19367539308721858542011-05-02T18:22:43.669+00:002011-05-02T18:22:43.669+00:00Thanks Randy, this was a good read - even if the f...Thanks Randy, this was a good read - even if the facts were not new for me, some of the insights are. Looking forward for more!Reinumaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233367090734350892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-35289523257752958632011-05-01T14:16:22.308+00:002011-05-01T14:16:22.308+00:00Estonia has become--so far as I know--the first fo...<i>Estonia has become--so far as I know--the first former Soviet republic in Europe (Azerbaijan and the rest of the Caucasus, perhaps, excluded--thanks for the correction, Anatoly) to experience an excess of births over deaths since the fall of the Soviet Union</i><br /><br />Calling Azerbaijan part of Europe is really stretching definitions, no matter what the Azeris might prefer.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-23602887775502878032011-04-29T21:41:01.109+00:002011-04-29T21:41:01.109+00:00The greaer extent of mixture in Latvia as opposed ...The greaer extent of mixture in Latvia as opposed to Estonia plays a role in what I think--think; I had to guestimate in Latvia's case, unlike Estonia's--the diffusion of demographic norms across ethnic boundaries.<br /><br />The first city of Estonia (Tallinn) by population has a three-fifths Estonian majority, the second (Narva) an overwhelming Russophone majority, but the third (Tartu)Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-7002530917626820822011-04-29T20:58:19.404+00:002011-04-29T20:58:19.404+00:00from here http://countrystudies.us/latvia/9.htm
L...from here http://countrystudies.us/latvia/9.htm<br /><br />Latvians were a minority in six of the largest cities in Latvia. Even in the capital city of Riga, Latvians had shrunk to only about a third of the population. <br />...<br />by 1989 they had become a minority of the population in the usually most active age-group of twenty to forty-four. In the age category of thirty-five to thirty-nine,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-78511724634520757892011-04-29T15:13:09.689+00:002011-04-29T15:13:09.689+00:00The 1990s emigration has an impact on natural incr...The 1990s emigration has an impact on natural increase/decrease, but it doesn't relate to cohort fertility--compare the issues Russia may face with its higher fertility in the much-diminished 1990s cohort.<br /><br />The differences in completed fertility per woman between ethnic Estonians and Russophones have been enduring--in the 1980s, frex, ethnic Estonian fertility was slightly above Randy McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707497864911987241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-64655601893166064132011-04-29T05:34:25.586+00:002011-04-29T05:34:25.586+00:00I found Bulgaria, EU 'Demographic Bailout'...I found <a href="http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=127160" rel="nofollow">Bulgaria, EU 'Demographic Bailout', and the New Frontier</a> a solid analysis of the demographic prospects of another EU fringe area.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392288826388903607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-31347920870939997962011-04-29T02:42:07.706+00:002011-04-29T02:42:07.706+00:00the first former Soviet republic in Europe (Azerba...<i>the first former Soviet republic in Europe (Azerbaijan, perhaps, excluded) to experience an excess of births over deaths since the fall of the Soviet Union</i><br /><br />Not only Azerbaijan, which has had continuous natural increase since the USSR, but also Armenia and Georgia.akarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-87079407813519108822011-04-29T02:39:07.125+00:002011-04-29T02:39:07.125+00:00How much of the gross birth/death rate differentia...How much of the gross birth/death rate differentials is related to core differences between ethnic Latvian and Russian fertility rates and life expectancy, and how much of it is related to the greater average age of Russians (seeing as many younger ones emigrated back in the 1990s) and possibly continuing higher emigration on the part of ethnic Russians?akarlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322298490656235467noreply@blogger.com