title: Migration and population ageing:  a case of Poland.
abstract: The effect of internal migration on population aging in Poland is assessed, using data for the years 1950-1988.  Trends are presented for the country as a whole, by individual voivodship, and for rural regions that have experienced rapid depopulation.  The authors conclude that "internal migrations have no direct influence on the population's ageing process, and [are] insignificant.  The influence grows in the spatial perspective; it becomes strongest in the case of migrations between urban and rural areas.  Its intensity is best revealed in the...depopulation in rural areas."
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D011044:Poland; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Demographic Aging; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Eastern Europe; Europe; Migration; Migration, Internal; Poland; Population; Population Dynamics