The study focuses on the socio-demographic analysis of postpartum women's perception of family planning and population policy measures in the Republic of Srpska. The demographic method, the structured analysis and the statistical processing of data obtained from a questionnaire conducted with a representative sample of surveys were performed for the purpose of the research. The main hypothesis is grounded on current tendencies of insufficient number of births, negative birth rates, population aging and the widespread single life in the Republic of Srpska. In this regard, it is essential to reflect on the fertile potential of postpartum women, their model of reproductive behavior and attitude towards family planning and current population policy measures. The analysis of postpartum women's perception confirmed the hypothesis that there was a necessity for additional verification of prenatal population policy measures in the Republic of Srpska as most surveys expressed desire to have more children. The obtained results may be considered valid for adopting policies and recommendations with an aim to conduct prenatal measures within the population policy in the Republic of Srpska.
There were some big political, economic, demographic and administrative changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina primarily caused by the war in the period from 1992 to 1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into two entities -the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska. The entity's boundary did not respect the boundaries of settlements system, and did not respect the boundaries of the settlements itself as the network of settlements, which led to the division of settlements between the two entities. It was perhaps one of the biggest problems when it comes to the data comparability of population census in 1991 and 2013. It can be said that it is almost impossible to determine which number of inhabitants of these divided settlements in 1991 lived on the territory of the Republic of Srpska and which lived in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Major changes and disintegration settlements occurred in the area of the capital city of the Bosnia and Herzegovina-Sarajevo, where, in 1992, the city of East Sarajevo is founded. The work will present the kind of changes that occurred at the area of Sarajevo -East Sarajevo, what happened to the settlement system and how it creates problems regarding the comparability of the census. The aim is to point out the level of disintegration of settlements in the researched area. Keywords: Sarajevo, East Sarajevo, disintegration settlements, census INTRODUCTIONThe formation of a settlement system in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a long historical process which took place under very specific political and social conditions. According the census from 1991 in Bosnia and Herzegovina were 5 825 settlements, of which 5 572 were in the category of other settlements, and settlements or smaller settlements of the transition type which makes 95.7% of the total number of settlements, while 253 settlements belonged into the category of urban settlements and it makes 4.3% of the total. At the end of the twentieth century the Balkan peninsula went through a difficult period of the war that was followed by the political, economic and demographic changes. After the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995) and the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in November in 1995, Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with 51% of pre-war territory and the Republic of Srpska, with 49% of pre-war territory [3]. The entity boundary did not respect the boundaries of settlements system, and did not respect the boundaries of settlement itself and the network of settlements, which led to the division of settlements between the two entities. (Figure 1 [9])
The paper deals with socio-demographic problems and structures in the border zone of the northwest part of Republic of Srpska as the effects of ethnic, religious and civil war (1992)(1993)(1994)(1995). Main points are: Recent demographic process which follows the decline of birth rate and the increase of emigration; Migrations during and after the war; Perspective and future of population living in border zone of the northwest part of Republic of Srpska.
This article studies monthly distribution of marriages in Sajkaska region (North Serbia) for the period 1869 to 2011. The data were derived from 64,175 marriages that are found in marriage registers. For the purpose of the analysis, the entire period is divided into seven smaller periods. The main finding of this article is that seasonality of marriage changed along with the system of production. Also, adherence of religion played an important role in the past. At the beginning of the period of our analysis, the region was inhabited by families practicing an inefficient extensive agriculture, and seasonality of marriage was highly present: in only two months (November and October), more than a half of all marriages were concluded. In the second part of the twentieth century, the share of agricultural population decreased and the seasonal pattern of marriage changed.
With a general birth rate of 8.1? and a total fertility rate of 1.29 children per woman, Republic of Srpska can be characterised as an outstandingly low birth area. The volume of reproductive contingent represents one of the key factors of a fertility decline in a population. According to the results of the 2013 Census, the overall number of women in the thirty-five year fertility period (from 14 to 49) comprises around 22% of overall population in Republic of Srpska. Fertility differentiation by age indicates the phenomenon of delayed child bearing in which age model of reproduction prevails. In the period from 1998 to 2016, the average childbearing age when giving birth to a first child increased by 3.1 years (from 23.8 to 26.9 years). Through the analysis of fertility by the order of birth, a deficit of first-born and third-born children was identified in Republic of Srpska. In that context, a greater application of systematic measures of pro-natalist population policy is imposed as priority.
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