Fertility trends and population policy in the canton of Sarajevo

dc.author.affiliationDTO
dc.author.affiliationNONRKI
dc.author.mtmtid10016883
dc.author.orcid0000-0002-4777-2820
dc.author.orcid0000-0002-7055-6608
dc.author.orcid0000-0002-6822-7450
dc.contributor.authorReményi, Péter
dc.contributor.authorGekič, Haris
dc.contributor.authorBidžan-Gekić, Aida
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmt
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T16:44:17Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T16:44:17Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe demography of Bosnia and Herzegovina fits into the Southeast-European trends with sub-replacement fertility and high emigration rates. At the national level, natural decline started in 2007, while migration is influenced by the war and its aftermath, as well as several economic and political push factors (low wages, corruption, high unemployment, etc.), and also has a serious impact on birth and death rates. On the other hand, demographic trends in the Canton of Sarajevo differ from the national pattern. It reached sub-replacement fertility more than a decade later (2019), and migration still has a positive balance: besides significant emigration rates, immigration to the Canton, especially from the other parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is higher. Since migration involves younger generations, it is also a factor behind the more favourable fertility rates, and can be evaluated as a consequence of better socio-economic development in the capital and its gravitational area.In the Canton, there have been several factors that contributed to the decline of birth rates in the past decades. Changing functions of family and children in the society, increasing women's employment, educational level and career aspirations, growing individualism and rationality, the changing social climate in relation to children, higher personal standards, and other socio-psychological factors should be mentioned. Birth rates were also (positively) influenced by other factors. One of the most important points is that the Canton has certainly one of the best support policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina including financial support and allowances for newborn children, subsidies in preschool education, primary and secondary schools as well as scholarships for pupils and students. Positive economic trends such as new constructions of residential buildings, business, and shopping centres, as well as an even stronger concentration of attractive institutions and activities should be emphasised.In 2021, the total fertility rate accounted for 1.38 in the Canton, while it has shown a great variation among the municipalities. The municipality with the lowest total fertility rate (Novi Grad) had the highest total number of live births in the Canton, while the municipality with the lowest total number of live births (Trnovo) was the only one with total fertility rate values above the replacement level. Due to its demographic, economic and political significance, the Canton of Sarajevo is a key area for population revitalisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Therefore, local measures have national significance, and can act as a model for the rest of the country in terms of population policy as well.
dc.description.accessSzabadon elérhető/Open access
dc.format.extentfirstpage88
dc.format.extentlastpage109
dc.format.extentvolume38
dc.identifier.citationTér és Társadalom 38 :(1) pp. 88-109. (2024)
dc.identifier.doi10.17649/TET.38.1.3543
dc.identifier.issn0237-7683
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid34754626
dc.identifier.urihttps://tet.rkk.hu/index.php/TeT/article/view/3543
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11155/2733
dc.identifier.urihttp://real.mtak.hu/192316
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17649/TET.38.1.3543
dc.languageangol
dc.relation.ispartofjournalTér és Társadalom
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue1
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0) Nevezd meg!-Ne add el!-Ne változtasd!hu
dc.subjectdemográfia
dc.subjectnépesség
dc.subjectBosznia-Hercegovina
dc.subjectSzarajevo
dc.subjectnépességpolitika
dc.subjectnépszaporulat
dc.titleFertility trends and population policy in the canton of Sarajevo
dc.typejournalArticlehu
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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