Children and Youth in the Republic of Belarus
( 290 pages )

The book presents statistical data on the number of children and youth, their composition by sex and age groups, and data on marriages and divorces. Data on births are broken down by age of mother, her marital status, and birth order of a child. Data on deaths are shown by sex, age group and cause of death. There is information on treatment and preventive care of children and their morbidity.

The book contains statistics on educational institutions teaching pre-primary, general secondary, vocational-technical, secondary specialized, higher and postgraduate education programmes; on cultural and art institutions, out of school education and training institutions, children’s summer recreational camps, and health improvement institutions providing services to children and youth.

Provided are data based on the sample household living standards survey results; data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus on offence and juvenile delinquency.

The book contains also the information on employment and unemployment among youth, on detection and placement of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care, children’s boarding institutions, adoption of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care, protection of children’s rights.

The statistics are shown in dynamics for several years at the level of the Republic of Belarus, regions and Minsk City.

Methodological notes are provided. The book is illustrated with charts and diagrammes. It contains maps build on the basis of current population estimates and 2009 population census results.

Published in Russian and English.

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