1. Living conditions in Poland:

2. Population in Poland – 38 million people in 2004year

3. Population

4. Migration of population

7. Figures concerning mortality are regularly improving and exert a positive impact expectation on life. It is projected that men will reach the average age of 70.2 years while women-78.4 years, that is approx.4 years and over 3 years more, accordingly, than in 1991.

8. The difference between expectation on life of men and women in Poland is large (over 8 years), while the European average is 5-6 years. Also, the age that people in Poland live up to is below the level recorded in Scandinavian countries and in Western Europe (for women- by 4-5 years, for men-by 6-7 years) (Central Statistical Office, 2003).

9. Fertility

10. Live births

11. Marriages contracted and dissolved (in thous.)

12. Marriages contracted in 1946- 2003

13. Contracted and dissolved marriages

14. Divorces in 1946-2003

16. Population by educational level

17. Women and men on the labour market Population at the working age comprise women aged 18-59 years and men aged 18-64 years. People aged 0-17 years constitute a group of persons at the pre-working age, while women aged 60 years or more and men aged 65 years or more belong to a post-working age group.

18. Working and non-working age population: Pre-working age (in thous.) - 8350  Males - 4276  Females – 4074  Urban areas – 4645  Rural areas – 3705

19. Working age (in thous.) – 24039  Of which of mobility age- 15265  Males- 12337  Females- 11702  Urban areas –1534  Rural areas- 8696

20. Post-working age (in thous.)- 5802  Males- 1874  Females- 3928  Urban areas-3526  Rural areas- 2276

21. Population by economic age groups

22. Men and women by economic activity

23. Unemployed rate by gender and educational level

24. The unemployed by sex

25. Unemployment rate in different areas in Poland

27. Wages and salaries

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