Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nemanja Vukčević Author-Workplace-Name: Department of sociology and managing, Belgorod state technological university named after V. G. Shukhov, Belgorod (Russian Federation) Title: Eventual integration or delayed transit: Interaction of residents in reception centres with their new environment in Serbia Publication-Status: Published Abstract: The purpose of our study was an analysis of reception centre residents’ attitudes in the Republic of Serbia toward the state and the local population. Using a questionnaire, we tried to identify the differences in respondents’ attitudes toward their new environment depending on their various socio-demographic characteristics. The survey was conducted in the spring of 2019 on a sample of 173 residents of centres using the PAPI method, face-to-face, and voluntary response sampling. The data obtained are the result of descriptive and inferential analysis and were processed by the SPSS statistical data processing program. Our statistical analysis showed that attitudes of reception centre residents toward their new environment may not correlate strongly with their mother tongue, knowledge of foreign languages, marital status, number of family members, number of minor children in the family, work status, or religion. Instead, it is more likely to depend on their level of education, age, nationality, and gender. Such results show us where we need to improve interaction, especially among women, young people, and people with a low level of education. We can also suggest that, under favourable conditions, these three categories of reception centre residents will be the first to leave the Republic of Serbia, which they probably see exclusively as a transit country. At the same time, older people and people with a high level of education (most likely men) are more likely to integrate into their new environment in the Republic of Serbia. The more interaction they have with local people and institutions and the higher the quality of that interaction, the more likely they are to integrate. Keywords: refugees’ reception centres; integration; asylum seekers; migrants’ attitudes; inferential analysis Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 1-23 Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 Month: July DOI: 10.2298/STNV191017003V File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/354 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/354/360 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:58:y:2020:i:1:id:354 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marija Mucić Author-Workplace-Name: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade (Serbia) Title: Joint Eurostat–UNECE Work Session on Demographic Projections Publication-Status: Published Abstract: A three-day joint Eurostat-UNECE Work Session on Demographic Projections was held in Belgrade from 25 to 27 November  2019 and was hosted jointly by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, the Minister in charge of Demography and Population Policy, and the Demographic Research Centre of the Institute of Social Sciences. This presented a great opportunity for participants from Serbia to take part in the meeting and exchange experiences with leading researchers and experts from around the world. Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 113-115 Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 Month: July DOI: 10.59954/stnv.365 File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/365 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/365/363 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:58:y:2020:i:1:id:365 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Goran Bašić Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Politicological Research and Public Opinion, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia) Author-Name: Zoran Lutovac Author-Workplace-Name: Centre for Politicological Research and Public Opinion, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia) Title: The lack of ethnically sensitive data in Serbia's multiculturalism policy Publication-Status: Published Abstract: International organisations whose bodies monitor the realisation and protection of the rights of national and ethnic minorities (Council of Europe, United Nations) have expressed their concern about the lack of data in the Republic of Serbia’s reports on the protection of the rights of national minorities, and they have provided some recommendations in order to amend the situation. Prompted by these remarks, this paper considers the flaws in Serbia’s policy of multiculturalism. The main finding – that Serbia’s policy of multiculturalism is not founded on verified and measurable data – has been examined further by indicating the principles and methodologies of collecting data based on ethnic and national identity. By using a range of examples, the paper points to the social issues that occur due to neglect in collecting data on citizens’ ethnicity, while the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to collecting such data is also considered. A holistic approach to researching ethnicity assumes using not only demographic methods, but also methods from and knowledge of other social sciences and humanities. The United Nations supports the idea that the approach to ethnically sensitive data should be holistically founded with its position that all data regarding people’s identity must be based on human rights – a Human Rights-Based Approach to Data (HRBAD), in which case the relevance of statistical data is promoted. Keywords: ethnicity; data; identity; human rights; Serbia Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 25-45 Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 Month: July DOI: 10.2298/STNV200420004B File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/409 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/409/361 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:58:y:2020:i:1:id:409 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sergey Lebedev Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, BelGU, Belgorod (Russian Federation) Author-Name: Mirko Blagojević Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia) Author-Name: Elena Pokaninova Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow (Russian Federation) Title: Value- and reflection-based approach to indicators of Orthodox religiosity of the population Publication-Status: Published Abstract: In the contemporary sociology of religion that focuses on the study of Orthodox religiosity, especially in Russia and partly in Serbia, there are different theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing the criteria of orthodox religiosity in the population. Two criteria can be identified as paradigmatic cases: the first one could be called the classical or positivist approach and the second one could be named the alternative or phenomenological approach. Researchers who advocate the first approach believe that the criterion of religiosity must include some practical confirmation of the expressed cultural religiosity of the respondents or the population in general. Therefore, it is not enough to identify oneself as a believer or simply align oneself with a particular confessional community. Instead, this subjective position should be confirmed by objective facts such as the regular practice of religious rituals and ceremonies. Proponents of this approach argue that if we do not adhere to this, then the established number of believers is just fictional without any real content, and thus established believers are actually just imaginary believers. For supporters of the phenomenological approach to the criteria of Orthodox religiosity, the crucial criterion is the self-identification of the respondents and their awareness of belonging to a religious or confessional group. Authors of this persuasion do not talk so much about religiosity, but instead introduce the notion of churchiness, which is not a discrete position – nor a fixed current state, like religiosity is considered among the first group of researchers – but a process that begins at a certain point in time and more or less approaches the ideal requirements that a real, profoundly churched, true (Orthodox) believer should fulfil. The authors compare and analyse these approaches in the text, while at the same time presenting the rationale for a third method: the integral value- and reflection-based approach. This approach to the sociological criteria of religiosity is based on concepts of reflection, choice, and context. The criterion of religiosity is proposed as a stable, irreversible intention for immersion of a social actor into a religious context. As such, immersion into the very "core" of religion becomes a basic indicator of a person’s religious value-based orientation. Keywords: religiosity; sociological criteria of religiosity; indicators of religiosity; Orthodoxy; value- and reflection-based approach Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 47-61 Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 Month: July DOI: 10.2298/STNV200322002L File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/381 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/381/359 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:58:y:2020:i:1:id:381 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivan Marić Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Geography, University of Zadar, Zadar (Croatia) Author-Name: Snježana Mrđen Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Geography, University of Zadar, Zadar (Croatia) Author-Name: Silvija Šiljeg Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Geography, University of Zadar, Zadar (Croatia) Title: Derivation of demographic depression index using GIS analysis - an example from Međimurje County Publication-Status: Published Abstract: Over the past three decades, Croatia has been experiencing a process of depopulation and population aging. This is the result of demographic changes in the past, especially in the second half of the 20th century. In this paper, the index of demographic-depressed areas (iddp) for the settlements of Croatia was derived using GIS multicriteria analysis (GIS-MCDA). An iddp was derived for all Croatian counties (21) and detailed analysis of demographic-depressed and vital areas was conducted for the settlements of Međimurje County (131). This is recognised as the county with the highest achieved level of socio-economic development. A new methodological framework for deriving an iddp based on eight selected demographic variables has been proposed. The iddp was derived with GIS based on eight selected criteria using data from 2011 census results. The degree of demographic depression was divided into five classes: (A) distinctly depressed area, (B) less depressed area, (C) area at the edge of demographic depression, (D) vital area, and (E) distinctly vital area. The accuracy of the derived index was verified by analysing age-sex pyramids of the most depressed and vital settlements. The distinctly depressed demographic (A) is the predominant form of demographic settlement development in the six counties. These are areas that have been affected by rural exodus and depopulation, both of which were further intensified by the war from 1991 to 1995. Međimurje County was categorised as a (D) vital area. However, of the 131 settlements in the county, 28 were identified as demographic-depressed and 72 as vital. More than half of these 72 settlements (42) have the characteristics of a distinctly vital area, which is the highest proportion among all counties. The most vital settlements were Parag, Kuršanec, and Piškorovec. Their main feature is that a significant proportion of their population belongs to the Roma demographic. Derived population pyramids confirm the consistency of the generated index. Međimurje County is characterised by high variability among results (from extremely depressed to extremely non-depressed spaces), which indicates the impossibility of adopting uniform measures and policies throughout the county. In the future, the identified vital settlements have the potential to become the county's primary demographic resource. The proposed classification of settlements according to the derived index (iddp) could serve as a useful instrument in designing development policies or measures for this specific administrative-territorial unit. Keywords: index of demographic-depressed areas; GIS analysis; vital settlements; Međimurje County; Croatia Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 63-87 Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 Month: July DOI: 10.2298/STNV191225001M File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/368 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/368/358 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:58:y:2020:i:1:id:368 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivan Marinković Author-Workplace-Name: Demographic Research Centre, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia) Title: Estimates of alcohol-related mortality in Serbia (2016-2018) Publication-Status: Published Abstract: The impact of alcohol on mortality is not negligible, not globally and especially not in Europe. Alcohol as a mortality factor in Serbia has not yet been specifically analysed, chiefly due to a lack of data. The cultural pattern and results from surrounding countries – as well as research on the extent of alcohol consumption in Serbia – all suggest that alcohol-related mortality represents a significant share of total mortality, especially when it comes to men. The results of the study on alcohol abuse or excessive consumption in this paper do not confirm that this mortality factor places a significant burden on the population. This paper provides estimates of alcohol-related mortality using guidelines from the World Health Organization. Analysis of the direct impact and estimates of the indirect impact of alcohol on mortality in Serbia (2016-2018) show that the average number of deaths is about 2,500 annually. The number of alcohol-related deaths is highest in the later years of life, while the proportion of alcohol-related deaths is highest in early adulthood. Men are more likely to consume alcohol, so their mortality is higher as a consequence. Men die from alcohol-related causes at a rate almost four times higher than that of women, and they have more deaths caused by alcohol than women across all age groups. The overall alcohol-related mortality rate for men is 56.6 per 100,000, while for women it is significantly lower at 14.2 per 100,000. The most common cause of alcohol-related mortality is in the form of digestive system diseases (about 26% of all alcohol-related deaths in Serbia), followed by tumours and violence (24% and 23% respectively). From region to region (NUTS 2), significant differences in alcohol-related mortality can be noted. Every third death due to alcohol occurs in Vojvodina, which leads the way for both sexes. There, values for men are as much as 60% higher than those in the Šumadija and Western Serbia regions, while those values are about 30% higher for women. Standardised alcohol-related death rates are highest in the north of Vojvodina, in the districts of North Bačka and North Banat (NUTS 3). Moravički, Šumadija, and Pirot districts have values that are about 30% lower than average for Serbia. Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the preventable mortality factors that can be addressed with appropriate prevention measures. Some good reasons to avoid alcohol abuse include longer lifespan, lower likelihood of depression, significantly lower likelihood of committing suicide, and lower likelihood of dying from liver disease. Those who drink less are also less likely to be involved in a car accident or have to deal with the police. When consumed in excess, alcohol disrupts family relationships, leads to obesity, damages the brain, and causes sexual dysfunction. Keywords: mortality by age and sex; alcohol; preventable mortality; causes of death; spatial distribution of mortality Journal: Stanovnistvo Pages: 89-111 Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 Month: July DOI: 10.2298/STNV2001089M File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/view/379 File-Function: Abstract page File-Format: text/html File-URL: https://stnv.idn.org.rs/STNV/article/download/379/362 File-Function: Full text File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:eto:stanov:v:58:y:2020:i:1:id:379