THE DEMOGRAPHIC PECULIARITIES OF RURAL POPULATION

The purpose of this paper is to determine differences in statistic characteristics between rural and urban population. The research was concentrated on the South Moravian Region and the data from the Population and Housing census were used. This study investigates relation between the number of family members of household and the size of municipality and dependence of the fertility level on the size of municipality. Moreover the phenomenon of ageing of the rural and urban population was studied. As a result it was found that households with higher number of family members are more characteristic for smaller settlements. Fertility is higher in rural areas and small towns. The ageing of population is widespread in rural areas as well as in urban areas.