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The number of centenarian residents of the United States has nearly doubled over the past twenty years. According to newly published data from the federal census organization, the Census Bureau, the…
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Federal Institute for Population Research (Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung, BIB) calculated that in the twenty years since German reunification, 700,000 residents of the Federal Republic of…
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Currently, there is a ferment among emigrant pensioners from Russia. As 'Russkaya Germaniya' writes, they have started receiving letters from social institutions demanding documents for the previous…
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With the advent of the world wide web and computerization in our homes, some traditions have begun to die out. For example, the tradition of making photo albums and decorating them by hand. Today…
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Now let us turn to Norway's experience. Slowly but consistently, the Norwegians built their springboard for the baby boom. And they especially succeeded in this after 2005, when new standards for…
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What is the Russian word for a pregnant woman? That's right – she is 'in a burden'! A more accurate synonym, alas, cannot be found. Maternity hospitals are outdated, staff is underpaid…
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You are planning to engage in 'maternity tourism'? No problem – large insurance companies have already started to develop this direction. Suppose you have decided to give birth in exemplary Norway…
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It is well known that all children play with toys. However, toys come in many different varieties. And sometimes the purpose of a certain product on the modern children's goods market is simply…
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Politically correct America is tolerant of foreigners who know English poorly, and many migrants can live here for decades without going beyond the phrase 'how much?'. However, the vast majority…
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In a sociological survey conducted by the Forsa Institute for Public Opinion and Statistical Analysis, German citizens named the main reasons, in their opinion, why they do not wish to have children…
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Unlike the south, poverty is far less widespread in northern Europe. Poverty is almost invisible on the streets of Scandinavian cities, and the numbers confirm this. Only 10-12% of the population of…
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Latvia, a country with a population of two million, suffered greatly from the crisis. But even before the crisis, the share of poor in the country's population was the largest in the European Union…