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Considering the migration as such we can say that extensive migratory
movements are much more typical for the cities than for non-urban settle-
ments. Urban settlements have in general higher international net migrati-
on rates than non-urban. However it is different situation with the internal
migration, since non-urban settlements despite the lower volume of gross
migration have more positive migratory balance than cities. The exception
are the settlements of urban areas (suburban settlements adjacent to cities).
Obviously inner migrations are predominantly directed into the suburban
zones and into the areas with favourable location considering the accessi-
bility of city services. Generally accepted assumptions after Hugo, Lattes,
and Champion (2003) are therefore, at least as far as present time Slovenia
is considered, once more not correct or only partially correct.
Our analysis showed that the population of Slovenia according to a
206 large of part of its characeristics is fairly homogenously dispersed. We cou-
ld hardly find examples of a higher degree of concentration or even »ghet-
toisation«, which in turn would affect the greater degree of correlation
between the type of the settlement or area according to dwelling densi-
ty and population characteristics. Above all, we need to bear in mind that
the whole Slovenian population of just slightly over two million is relati-
vely small and some of demographic indicatoras are therefore under strong
influence of the random factors. When this population is halved into two
subpopulations (urban and non-urban), this impact increases. Further di-
visions does even more so. At the level of urban settlements, which have in
some cases even less than 2,000 inhabitants, some indicators are almost to-
tally unreliable and there is no sense to calculate them (for example, fertili-
ty and mortality in each year, migration balance and the like).
In the following paragraphs we are describing some of our findings
about the main characteristics of the Slovenian urban population and how
do they differ between different cities (urban areas).
The »type of immigrant« is a characteristic according to which the
units of population are the most unevenly distributed among different
types of settlements as well as among areas of different dwelling densities.
»Non-immigrants« and the persons for whom it was not possible to de-
termine immigrant status are more widely represented in non-urban areas
and in the areas of lower densities. These are therefore the areas with low
inflow of immigrants. From these areas towards the major cities and are-
as of higher densities the shares of all types of immigrants are increasing.
This applies to both men and women, but shares of women immigrants are
generally considerably lower. The third generation of immigrants is much
more evenly distributed between different types of (urban) settlements and
Considering the migration as such we can say that extensive migratory
movements are much more typical for the cities than for non-urban settle-
ments. Urban settlements have in general higher international net migrati-
on rates than non-urban. However it is different situation with the internal
migration, since non-urban settlements despite the lower volume of gross
migration have more positive migratory balance than cities. The exception
are the settlements of urban areas (suburban settlements adjacent to cities).
Obviously inner migrations are predominantly directed into the suburban
zones and into the areas with favourable location considering the accessi-
bility of city services. Generally accepted assumptions after Hugo, Lattes,
and Champion (2003) are therefore, at least as far as present time Slovenia
is considered, once more not correct or only partially correct.
Our analysis showed that the population of Slovenia according to a
206 large of part of its characeristics is fairly homogenously dispersed. We cou-
ld hardly find examples of a higher degree of concentration or even »ghet-
toisation«, which in turn would affect the greater degree of correlation
between the type of the settlement or area according to dwelling densi-
ty and population characteristics. Above all, we need to bear in mind that
the whole Slovenian population of just slightly over two million is relati-
vely small and some of demographic indicatoras are therefore under strong
influence of the random factors. When this population is halved into two
subpopulations (urban and non-urban), this impact increases. Further di-
visions does even more so. At the level of urban settlements, which have in
some cases even less than 2,000 inhabitants, some indicators are almost to-
tally unreliable and there is no sense to calculate them (for example, fertili-
ty and mortality in each year, migration balance and the like).
In the following paragraphs we are describing some of our findings
about the main characteristics of the Slovenian urban population and how
do they differ between different cities (urban areas).
The »type of immigrant« is a characteristic according to which the
units of population are the most unevenly distributed among different
types of settlements as well as among areas of different dwelling densities.
»Non-immigrants« and the persons for whom it was not possible to de-
termine immigrant status are more widely represented in non-urban areas
and in the areas of lower densities. These are therefore the areas with low
inflow of immigrants. From these areas towards the major cities and are-
as of higher densities the shares of all types of immigrants are increasing.
This applies to both men and women, but shares of women immigrants are
generally considerably lower. The third generation of immigrants is much
more evenly distributed between different types of (urban) settlements and
