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Regular version of the site

"Demoscope Weekly" ## 1029 – 1030

In the issue: Older generations of Russians, 2024. Reproductive health of Russians: men vs. women. One in six Russians rates state family policy highly, one in three believes its effectiveness has increased. Russians on technologies in medicine and chipping. Emigration sentiments and attitudes towards those who left: March 2024. Housing for a young family: from needs to plans. Russians say at what age they would like to retire. 130 years since the birth of Boleslav Yakovlevich Smulevich.

Demographic Barometer

  • Older generations of Russians, 2024
    • People over working age make up 24.5% of the total population of Russia, in 2045 their share may exceed 27%
    • The demographic burden of older ages is 430 people over working age per 1000 people of working age; in 2045 it could range from 461 to 514
    • The share of the population over working age varies from 10% to 30% of the population of the regions of the Russian Federation
    • At the mortality rate of 2022, 62% of boys and 84% of girls born will survive to the age of 65 in Russia

Q&A

  • Reproductive health of Russians: men vs. women
  • One in six Russians rates state family policy highly, one in three believes its effectiveness has increased
  • Russians on technologies in medicine and chipping
  • Emigration sentiments and attitudes towards those who left: March 2024
  • Housing for a young family: from needs to plans
  • Russians say at what age they would like to retire

In the vastness of Russia

  • Could Russia's population grow to 160 million people?
  • Central Bank proposes six steps to combat poverty
  • Almost 60% of Russians are ready to pay for their child’s college education
  • Secondary education system will be adjusted to the needs of the economy
  • More than half of Russian companies allow their employees to work remotely
  • Almost half of job applicants are interested in the manufacturing sector
  • Ambulance workers were not included among those receiving additional payments
  • Demand of Russian IT-specialists for residence permit programs in Europe has sharply increased
  • Klishas calls for finding balance between migration security and the need for labor
  • State Duma approves bill to combat fictive marriages of migrants
  • Kaliningrad region introduces support measures for repatriates
  • Five universities warn against violating Russian exam requirements for migrants
  • Russian Language Institute proposes changing exams for migrants
  • Over 400 migrants expelled from Moscow after Crocus terrorist attack
  • Ministry of Finance again proposes increasing minimum vodka price to 299 rubles
  • Around 700 thousand patients with hepatitis C in Russia
  • Due to iodine deficiency, more than 3 million adults and 400 thousand children require endocrinological care every year
  • By December, 173 thousand people will receive medical care at home
  • Russia launches mass weight loss experiment
  • Only 13% of Russians surveyed rate their health negatively
  • National vaccination calendar will include four more vaccines

World News

  • Japan's indigenous population fell by 837 thousand people over year
  • The share of young Ukrainian men aged 20 to 30 has dropped to a minimum
  • Israel to introduce electronic entry permit system for tourists
  • European Parliament votes for tough reform of EU migration policy
  • Hungarian government will not support new EU Migration Pact
  • Polish Prime Minister calls EU migration pact unacceptable for his country
  • Heads of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Finland and Estonia try to solve migration problems together
  • Britain needs freedom of action to tackle illegal migration
  • Tajikistan calls for sensible management of labor migration
  • Senate of Kazakhstan approves ban on entry into the country of foreigners convicted of pedophilia, extremism and terrorism
  • 700 carriers of illegal migrants detained at German borders over six months
  • Mortality from COVID-19 in the world decreased by 41% in March
  • Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men in more than 100 countries
  • Mental health of world’s youth is worse than that of older groups
  • Kazakhstan Senate adopts law on protection of victims of domestic violence
  • Dushanbe needs $111 million to improve air quality and reduce deaths
  • Increasing brain size helps fight Alzheimer's disease
  • One person in the world has an average of nine sexual partners in a lifetime

The newspapers write about…

  • Rossiyskaya Gazeta on migration policy
  • RBK on reform of EU migration legislation
  • Kommersant on ways to fill personnel shortage in Russia
  • RBK on Russian language exams for migrants
  • Esli byt’ tochnym on Russia’s participation in international research and its results
  • Nezavisimaya Gazeta on long-term savings program
  • RBK on "squeezing out" pensioners from public sector
  • Vedomosti on the fight against fictitious marriages
  • Novye Izvestia on the increase in the number of divorces
  • RBK on single-parent families in Russia
  • Lenta.ru on transferring children to home schooling
  • Vedomosti on fertility of children of different birth orders
  • Forbes on the advantages and disadvantages of different types of contraception
  • Kommersant on the fight against vaping
  • Novye Izvestia on the departure of foreign pharmaceutical companies
  • Kommersant on preventing iodine deficiency
  • Kommersant on the decriminalization of medical practice
  • Esli byt’ tochnym on the survival rate of patients with cancer
  • Novye Izvestia on the rating of comfortable cities
  • Kommersant on tightening weapons regulations
  • Nezavisimaya Gazeta on measuring poverty

Read books and magazines

  • Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2024. 2022 data
  • Denmark. Health Systems in Transition
  • Population studies in the Western Balkans
  • Population and Housing Census of the Kyrgyz Republic 2022
  • Migration policy in Russia: trends and development paths
  • Through the pages of the journals Voprosy Statistiki (Issues of Statistics) and Mediko-sotsialnaya ekspertiza i reabilitatsiya (Medical and Social Expertise and Rehabilitation)
  • Contents of the journal "Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health"

Profession: researcher

  • 130 years since the birth of Boleslav Yakovlevich Smulevich