"Demoscope Weekly" ## 775-776
In the issue:
Forecast of the world’s urban and rural population, 2018. UN presents results of next revision of the prospects of world urbanization. In 2018, the urban population reached 4.2 billion people, or 55% of the world's population. Among the countries of the world, the share of urban population varies from 0 to 100%, but in half of the countries it exceeds 62%. The world’s rural population is mainly concentrated in Asia and Africa (89%). The number of mega cities with 10 million inhabitants and more increased from 2 in 1950 to 16 in 2000 and 33 in 2018. Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in cities with a million people or more.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 773-774
In the issue:
World Demographic Barometer. Abortion in the world: uneven dynamics and unequal accessLess than half of women live in countries with legislation freely allowing abortion. In developing countries, the prevalence of abortion is higher than in developed onesLegislation affects the safety of abortion. Abortion is the result of an unplanned pregnancy.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 771-772
In the issue:
Households of the World, 2017. At the end of 2017, the UN Population Division provided data on households around the world. The average household size varies by country from 2 to 8 people around the world. The share of people living alone varies by country from 0 to 40% of households around the world. The share of households with children aged 0-14 years varies by country from 18% to 92%In most households with children live both parents - from 69% in North America to 86% in Asia. The share of households in which live people 60 years and older varies from 17% to 52%.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 769-770
In the issue:
Russian Demographic barometer: Crime in Russia, 2017. The most disturbing problems. Russians have become more modest – for happiness they need less money than in 2017. The quality of medical services: what the public wants. Women’s health: outer beauty, inner beautyRussians name optimal retirement age. Adaptation and integration in Russia of migrants from the post-Soviet countries. Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Demographic Review #1
In the issue: The relationship between mortality and economic development in Russia and its regions. Life expectancy of elderly in Russia depending on educational status. Global demographic theory. The demographic transition and the hypothesis of hyperbolic population growth. Matrimonial behavior of Russians in a European context. An integrated approach to cause-of-death analysis: cause-deleted life tables and decompositions of life expectancy.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 767-768
In the issue:
Morbidity of the Russian population, 2016-2017. Gender stereotypes. Healthy lifestyle: Monitoring. Why people don’t like polyclinics. Are emigrants happier after moving? Demography at the 19th April International Scientific Conference on the Development of Economics and Society of the Higher School of Economics. 125th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Vladislavovich Paevsky.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 765-766
In the issue:
Sustainable development rating of Russian cities for 2016. Gender equality and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Do you tend to discriminate? In 2017 the barrier contraceptive market in Russian pharmacies increased by 15.3%. Healthy life expectancy in Russia: regional features and forecasts. The relationship between mortality rates and economic development in the regions of Russia.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 763-764
In the issue:
Migration in Russia, preliminary results of 2017. Equality in the family: from declarations to reality. Women’s work. Loneliness, and how to deal with it. Why is the state program to facilitate the resettlement of compatriots turning into resistance to settlers? Expert meeting at the Institute of Demography of the Higher School of Economics. How to beat abortion? Discussion seminar at the Institute of Demography of the Higher School of Economics.
"Demoscope Weekly" ## 761-762
In the issue:
Russia: preliminary demographic results of 2017 (Part II). Should cohabitation be equated with an official marriage? Russia ranks 71st among 144 countries in terms of gender equality. New Family Planning GuideUN experts: restricting abortion rights in Northern Ireland is tantamount to legalized violence. “Fertility Prospects” (on the occasion of the 85th birthday of V.A. Borisov). Meeting of the Demographic Section of the Central House of Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Demographic Review #4
In the issue: Fertility in the families of migrants: data, hypotheses, and models (foreign literature review). Adaptation of migrant children in the schools of Moscow and the Moscow region. Orthodox self-identification and the distribution of birthdays of VK users. Why there is no significant difference between the distributions of births by dates of orthodox Christians and of non-orthodox. Dynamics of attitudes in the sphere of intimate relationships in Russia. Demographic history of the Ukrainians of Primorsky krai 1897-2010: from the «Zeleny кlin» core to assimilation.