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areas of different densities than the first one. Shares of foreign nationals
also grow from non-urban settlements towards big cities, but not from low
to high densities. In this case the highest share of foreign citizens was in the
areas of medium density (2.00 to 9.99 apartments per building).
Women aged 15 or more by the number of live-born children are in
a way an indicator of (past) fertility. In non-urban areas and in areas of
the lowest density there are above-average proportions of women who gave
birth to more children. In the direction of larger cities and higher densiti-
es the shares of women without children and women who have given birth
to only one child are increasing. The presence of student population in the
largest university cities Maribor and especially Ljubljana, pushes the sha-
re of women that did not give birth up. Of course we have to bear in mind
that women represent the majority in student population of Slovenia.
Differences in fertility rates between areas of different densities as well
as between different types of settlements are relatively small. Our finding is
that the birth rate is decreasing in the direction from lower to higher densi-
ties. In the same direction the highest age-specific fertility rates move to
higher ages. The same applies to the division of population according to the
types of settlements. Higher fertility is characteristic for the population of
non-urban settlements and low fertility with its peak at higher age is the
characteristic of the population of big cities. This shift of age specific ferti-
lity to higher age is mainly the characteristic of Ljubljana and not so much
of the other big cities. Populations of small and of medium-sized cities have
fertility rates somewhere between the ones of non-urban settlements popu-
lation and the ones of the population of big cities. Populations of small and
medium-sized cities have almost equal age specific fertility which is also
very close to Slovenian average.
Age specific fertility curves show how influential are the random fa-
ctors when the number of population is small. To avoid that we calcula-
ted age specific fertility with average number of births in the period 2009–
2012. Nevertheless, the deformations of the curve of age-specific fertility
rates can already be observed in the case of Ljubljana that has population
of a quarter of a million. The curve of two and a half times smaller Mari-
bor shows that even more clearly while the age specific fertility in ten times
smaller Koper jumps up and down from one five years age class to another.
Mortality rates are also very much influenced by the random factors
on one side and on the other they depend very much from the age structu-
re. The association between the type of area according to density as well as
according to the type of settlement is very low. We could say that the dece-
ased were distributed rather similar as the entire population. The influence
areas of different densities than the first one. Shares of foreign nationals
also grow from non-urban settlements towards big cities, but not from low
to high densities. In this case the highest share of foreign citizens was in the
areas of medium density (2.00 to 9.99 apartments per building).
Women aged 15 or more by the number of live-born children are in
a way an indicator of (past) fertility. In non-urban areas and in areas of
the lowest density there are above-average proportions of women who gave
birth to more children. In the direction of larger cities and higher densiti-
es the shares of women without children and women who have given birth
to only one child are increasing. The presence of student population in the
largest university cities Maribor and especially Ljubljana, pushes the sha-
re of women that did not give birth up. Of course we have to bear in mind
that women represent the majority in student population of Slovenia.
Differences in fertility rates between areas of different densities as well
as between different types of settlements are relatively small. Our finding is
that the birth rate is decreasing in the direction from lower to higher densi-
ties. In the same direction the highest age-specific fertility rates move to
higher ages. The same applies to the division of population according to the
types of settlements. Higher fertility is characteristic for the population of
non-urban settlements and low fertility with its peak at higher age is the
characteristic of the population of big cities. This shift of age specific ferti-
lity to higher age is mainly the characteristic of Ljubljana and not so much
of the other big cities. Populations of small and of medium-sized cities have
fertility rates somewhere between the ones of non-urban settlements popu-
lation and the ones of the population of big cities. Populations of small and
medium-sized cities have almost equal age specific fertility which is also
very close to Slovenian average.
Age specific fertility curves show how influential are the random fa-
ctors when the number of population is small. To avoid that we calcula-
ted age specific fertility with average number of births in the period 2009–
2012. Nevertheless, the deformations of the curve of age-specific fertility
rates can already be observed in the case of Ljubljana that has population
of a quarter of a million. The curve of two and a half times smaller Mari-
bor shows that even more clearly while the age specific fertility in ten times
smaller Koper jumps up and down from one five years age class to another.
Mortality rates are also very much influenced by the random factors
on one side and on the other they depend very much from the age structu-
re. The association between the type of area according to density as well as
according to the type of settlement is very low. We could say that the dece-
ased were distributed rather similar as the entire population. The influence
