1980 HUNGARIAN CENSUS OF POPULATION Summary data (1984)

IV. THE CHANGE IN THE POPULATION'S DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARAC-TERISTICS

The population by main age groups (percentage) PercenAge group 1900 1910 1920 1930 1949 1960 1970 1980 tage increase 1970-1979 0-14 34. 9 34.7 30. 6 27. 5 24. 9 25. 4 21. 1 21. 9 7. 6 15-39 38. 7 38. 6 41. 3 42. 6 38. 8 36. 8 37. 0 35. 7 0. 3 40-59 18. 9 18.7 19. 1 20. 1 24.7 24. 0 24. 8 25. 3 5. 5 60-X 7. 5 8. 0 9. 9 9. 8 11.6 13. 8 17. 1 17. 1 4. 0 Total 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 3. 8 The standstill in the aging of the population is apparent and temporary. In the coming decade generations of great number will add again to the number of the elderlies. On the other hand it can be seen presently, that the aging process of the two sexes diverged in the seventies: while the number of old men stagnated, the number of old women increased by 7 percent. The extent of the decrease in the proportion of old men equals the extent of the increase in the proportion of old women. In the previously mentioned age group (7 5-X) the growth pace of the number of men and of women are almost similar. 31 percent in the case of men and 37 percent in the case of women. As a result of this the rise in the average of women exceeds that of the men further on. The average age by sex Difference of the averIncrease (year) Year Total Men Women age of women from that of men Total Men Women 1900 26. 9 26. 9 26. 9 0. 5 0. 5 0. 5 1910 27. 2 27. 2 27. 3 0. 1 0. 3 0. 3 0. 4 1920 28. 7 28. 5 28. 9 0. 4 1.5 1.3 1. 6 1930 29. 8 29. 3 30. 2 0. 9 1.1 0. 8 1. 3 1941 31. 6 31. 0 32. 1 1.1 1.8 1.7 1. 9 1949 32. 4 31. 5 33. 3 1.8 0.8 0. 5 1. 2 1960 33. 6 32. 5 34. 8 2. 3 1.2 1.0 1. 5 1970 35. 7 34. 3 37. 0 2.7 2.1 1.8 2. 2 1980 36. 2 34. 6 37.7 3. 1 0. 5 0. 3 0. 7 In the age groups under 60 the proportion of the sexes have not changed since 1970: among the children there was a - slightly growing - excess of males, in the case of those in the young working age the proportion of the sexes is balanced, among the 40-59 years old there is a stagnating 10 percent excess of females. Only in the case of the elderlies is the change in the proportion of sexes worth mentioning, here the number of women per 1 000 men rose by 90 from 1970 to 1980, in the age group 85-X the women excess rose from 852 to 1 331. The greatest problem for the society is the care of those very old women who need support because they are widowed (87 percent) living alone without any family relations. The population by main age groups and sex (percentage) Age group (year) Men Women Increase or decrease 1970-1979 Numb womer 1 000 er of per men Age group (year) 1900 1949 1970 1980 1900 1949 197 0 1980 Men Women 1970 1980 0-14 34. 9 26. 2 22. 4 23. 3 34. 8 23. 6 19. 9 20. 6 7.7 7. 4 944 942 15-39 38. 6 39. 0 38. 2 37. 4 38. 8 38. 6 35. 9 20. 6 1.5 -0. 9 998 974 40-59 19. 2 24. 1 24. 3 24. 7 18.7 25. 2 25. 4 25. 7 5.7 5. 4 1 111 1 108 60-X 7.3 10. 7 15. 1 14. 6 7.7 12. 6 18. 8 19. 4 0. 1 6. 9 1 325 1 415 Total 100. 0 100. 0 100. , 0 100. , 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 3. 6 3. 8 1 063 1 064 76