"Demoscope Weekly" ## 907 - 908
In the issue:
Preliminary results of the 2020 Chinese census. A father's contribution, or once again about Father's Day. Support for families in the Far East. Anti-vaxxers most often agree on artificial origin of coronavirus. Most Americans do not object to divorce and birth control, but condemn extramarital affairs and polygamy.
Preliminary results of the 2020 Chinese census
o As of November 1, 2020, the population of China was 1,411,800,000 people
o Men remain predominant in China’s population, with 105 men for every 100 women
o The number of children under the age of 15 increased by 14%, the number of elderly people 65 years and older - by 60%
o The educational level of China's population continues to rise
o The urban and mobile population is growing, average household size is decreasing
· A father's contribution, or once again about Father's Day
· Support for families in the Far East
· Anti-vaxxers most often agree on artificial origin of coronavirus
· Most Americans do not object to divorce and birth control, but condemn extramarital affairs and polygamy
· Rosstat revises last year’s mortality data
· Mortality from alcohol has increased in Russia
· Independent demographer Raksha predicts excess mortality in Russia in July of around 60 thousand people
· Natural population decline in Russia has increased by 2.2 times compared to 2019
· Russians on average expect to live to be 76 years old
· Are Russians not having second and third children due to falling incomes?
· The number of pension recipients has decreased by almost 1.3 million people
· Russians’ greatest child support expenses are for adolescents over 15 years old
· Single fathers will be allowed to receive maternity capital
· State Duma introduces law banning surrogacy for foreigners
· President extends moratorium on expulsion of migrants from Russia
· Duma simplifies visa procedure for close relatives of Russian citizens
· State Duma adopts law on fingerprinting migrants
· New overview of Russia’s refugee situation
· Moscow plans to vaccinate more than 2 million workers
· The only contraindications for vaccination are acute diseases and exacerbation of chronic diseases.
· Ginzburg rules out risk of infertility after vaccination with "Sputnik V"
· Almost half of Russians support mandatory vaccination against coronavirus
· German births hit 23-year high in March
· Fertility in Italy hits record low and continues to decline
· China may end birth control policy by 2025
· Poland presents demographic strategy until 2040
· Nowhere in the world is there a significant increase in life expectancy due to slower ageing
· Kirgizia promises to simplify re-acquisition of citizenship
· US will help Latin American countries to reduce illegal migration
· Lithuania simplifies conditions for labor migrants from Belarus
· Indian authorities warn of dangers of newest strain of coronavirus
· Coronavirus incidence in the world declines for eighth consecutive week
· WHO predicts autumn increase in deaths from coronavirus
· 2.3 billion people in the world drink alcohol
· Vatican calls on Italian authorities to abandon criminalization of homophobia
· RBK on causes of death
· The Wall Street Journal, RBK and Argumenty Nedeli on mortality from COVID-19 in the world and in Russia
· Otkrytye Media on the rise in maternal mortality in Russia
· Forbes, Rosbalt and Kommersant on vaccination against COVID-19
· Kommersant and Izvestia on the third wave of coronavirus
· Forbes on China's fertility policy
· Nezavisimaya gazeta on fertility in the world and in Russia
· Izvestia on regional income inequality
· Rossiyskaya Gazeta on temporary and permanent migration
· Die Welt on reasons for adultery
· NV.ua on the demographic situation in Ukraine
· World health statistics 2021: monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals
· Kazakhstan families - 2020
· Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2018. Kyrgyz Republic
· Electronic registers: European experience of their creation and use
· The demographic yearbook of Poland 2020
· Through the pages of the magazines Profilakticheskaya Meditsina (Preventive Medicine) and Rossiyskiy Onkologicheskiy Zhurnal (Russian Journal of Oncology)
· Contents of the journal Population and Environment
· Alexander Kulisher on the Russian Civil War
o Edward Bernstein. Soviet Russia as a historical experiment
o Alexander Kulisher. The Destruction and Reconstruction of Russia
o Alexander Kulisher. Soviet power and higher education
· Regional workshop on migration statistics