Determinants of regional differentiation in fertility in the EU

Determinants of regional differentiation in fertility in the EU Abstract Main goal of this thesis is to describe and analyze regional fertility determinants in the countries of the European Union. These determinants are based on many indicators which were chosen from a selected recherché of a professional literature. Descriptive statistic methods, correlation analysis, principal component analysis were used to achieve this goal and finally cluster analysis was used to integrate gathered data. Theoretical part of thesis is supported also with discussion from various literature sources about fertility and factor typology. In the analysis part the maps of clusters, tables which characterized strength and influence of different factors to these clusters were used; also appropriate comparative tables of descriptive statistics are used to support the analysis. From the thesis finding it can be seemed major regional impact specifications of each factor to a level of fertility and fulfilling specific geographical-cultural stereotypes in each regionalization. It is clear, that there is no universal value of an index with predetermined impact to a level of fertility, always is important the complex view of a specific area of an issue