Badanie zgodności poziomu rozwoju demograficznego i gospodarczego Polski w ujęciu przestrzennym

Abstract

The task that has been formulated in the article consists in showing some general regularities and tendencies in shaping the demographic and economic processes, determination of their mutual relationships and formulation — in outline — of causes of occured changes. A hypothesis has been accepted that the level of demographic development is conditioned by economic development. It's aimed then at obtaining bases to accept or reject a formulated hypothesis, on the ground of empirical research. The coefficient of concordance between levels of economic and demographic development has been used in the elaboration. The research concerns the data for the year 1976 by the voivodeships. Some conclusions appear as a result of the research. The population's development is governed by some specific rules. Obtained results do not confirm the preliminary accepted hypothesis. No concordance has been observed between economic and demographic development in voivodeships. It presumably results from the fact that changes in demographic processes are much more slower than changes in economic development, which can be steered in an undoubtedly easier way.