Dire Demographics: Population Trends in Russia

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Pub. Date: 2001-09-01
Publisher(s): Natl Book Network
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Table of Contents

Prefacep. iii
Figuresp. vii
Tablesp. ix
Summaryp. xi
Acknowledgmentsp. xvii
Russian Demography And Its Implicationsp. 1
Russian Demographic Trends in the 1990sp. 1
Policy Issues Arising from Demographic Trendsp. 5
Population Change In Russiap. 9
Population Loss in the 1990sp. 9
Immigrationp. 13
Fertility In Russiap. 21
Trends in Fertilityp. 21
Abortion and Contraceptionp. 25
History of Abortion and Contraception in Russiap. 28
Recent Declines in Abortionp. 31
The Role of Contraception in Reducing Abortionp. 32
Reaction Against Contraception and Abortionp. 35
Prospects for Future Fertility and Population Growthp. 36
Causes And Implications Of Russian Mortalityp. 37
Russian Population Losses and Declining Life Expectancyp. 37
Increasing Mortality for Working-Age Malesp. 40
Changing Causes of Working-Age Male Mortalityp. 43
Health Care in Russiap. 48
Resurgence of Russian Tuberculosisp. 51
The Growth of HIV/AIDS in Russiap. 55
Conclusionp. 56
Explanations for Recent Trends in Russian Working-Age Mortalityp. 57
Environmentp. 57
Alcoholp. 58
Social and Economic Changep. 61
Demographic History, Age Structure, And Future Policy Issuesp. 63
Age and Sex Structure of the Russian Populationp. 63
Policy Implications of the Current Population Age Structurep. 66
Elderly Populationp. 66
Working-Age Populationp. 68
Military-Age Populationp. 69
Youth Populationp. 71
Dependency Ratiosp. 71
What Can Be Done To Address Demographic Policy Issues In Russia?p. 75
Health Care Educationp. 75
Health Care System and Financingp. 77
Other Government Health Initiativesp. 79
Long-Term Issuesp. 81
Bibliographyp. 85
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