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The Development of Chosen Social and Economic Indicators in Rural Areas of the Slovak Republic Cover

The Development of Chosen Social and Economic Indicators in Rural Areas of the Slovak Republic

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|Feb 2019

Abstract

The focus of the following article was to study development of certain social and economic indicators in Slovakia. We focused this paper on two types of regions in Slovakia, urban and rural. For this purpose we decided to measure the development of inhabitants in rural and urban areas as well as median age of the population. We also partially focused on the sector of agriculture since it used to play an important role in rural areas as a key employer. We found that there is a trend of moving people from urban to rural areas and that agriculture is losing its key role because of decreasing employment trend. This can be caused by low attractiveness of this sector and low income which, nowadays, plays an important role in finding a job.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aree-2018-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9253 | Journal ISSN: 1336-5452
Language: English
Page range: 38 - 42
Published on: Feb 23, 2019
Published by: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2019 Marián Kováčik, Eva Žuffová, published by Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
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