International and Regional differentiation of Fertility Over Time in the Eastern Part of the European Union between 1991 and 2008
2012
Abstract
This article examines differences over time between the total fertility rates of the countries and regions in the eastern part of the European Union in the context of convergence and divergence trends. It aims to analyse and evaluate the basic trends in international and regional fertility differentiation.
To this end the authors calculate the basic characteristics of variability and the Spearman's correlation coefficient for territorial changes. They then decompose the variance in order to evaluate the impact of the state effect and construct a series of cartograms to enable a graphical analysis of the pattern of regional fertility differentiation.