[Demographic processes in local settlement systems (an example of the Vinnitsa oblast)].

Abstract

The authors analyze regional development patterns, with a focus on the "interaction between [living] conditions and main demographic rates....It is demonstrated that industrial development is accompanied by improvement of [living] conditions (the average wage, job security etc.) and demographic rates (natural [increase], migration, health [status])." Data are for 1987 for Vinnitsa oblast, Ukraine. (SUMMARY IN ENG)