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LESS BIRTHS RECORDED IN ARMENIA FOR LAST TWO YEARS
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November 20, 2012 | 14:06
YEREVAN. - A drop in the number of births is recorded in Armenia for
the past two years, Labor and Social Affairs Ministry Demography
Department Head Vanik Babajanyan noted during a press conference
on Tuesday.
And this has occurred in the case when an increase in marriages and
births was observed in the country between 2001 and 2010. Babajanyan
explained that the number of births had increased during that period
as a result of a change in the sex-and-age ratio, as the number of
marriage-age people grew. But a study of the sex-and-age pyramid
reveals that the number of births in Armenia will drop after 2015
because the potential brides and grooms will be those who were born
in the 1990s, which were difficult years for the country.
In his turn, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Armenia
representative Garik Hayrapetyan said the Armenians are an aging
nation, and more investments need to be made into the country's public
health and social security.
Sociologist Karen Sargsyan, however, noted that the Armenians are
not an aging nation, but rather Armenia's population is aging because
the youth want to leave the country. As per Sargsyan, primarily those
with high qualifications are leaving Armenia today, in the case when
mostly those with a vocational education were heading abroad in the
previous years.
news.am
November 20, 2012 | 14:06
YEREVAN. - A drop in the number of births is recorded in Armenia for
the past two years, Labor and Social Affairs Ministry Demography
Department Head Vanik Babajanyan noted during a press conference
on Tuesday.
And this has occurred in the case when an increase in marriages and
births was observed in the country between 2001 and 2010. Babajanyan
explained that the number of births had increased during that period
as a result of a change in the sex-and-age ratio, as the number of
marriage-age people grew. But a study of the sex-and-age pyramid
reveals that the number of births in Armenia will drop after 2015
because the potential brides and grooms will be those who were born
in the 1990s, which were difficult years for the country.
In his turn, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Armenia
representative Garik Hayrapetyan said the Armenians are an aging
nation, and more investments need to be made into the country's public
health and social security.
Sociologist Karen Sargsyan, however, noted that the Armenians are
not an aging nation, but rather Armenia's population is aging because
the youth want to leave the country. As per Sargsyan, primarily those
with high qualifications are leaving Armenia today, in the case when
mostly those with a vocational education were heading abroad in the
previous years.