Migration and Settlement: 10. Austria

This study reports on a multiregional demographic analysis of Austria and is part of a study in which patterns of interregional migration and population distribution in many countries are analyzed using similar mathematical techniques. Population dynamics in Austria before 1951 and between 1951-71 are discussed in the initial section of this paper. The author then moves on to discuss current patterns of spatial population growth. Discussion focuses on regional disaggregation data collection data preparation population size regional population dynamics (fertility and mortality differentials migration differentials) and components of regional population growth. Multiregional population analysis grew out of a desire to investigate problems which could not be studied using the conventional methods of single-region analysis. Demographic data for the provinces and regions of Austria are analyzed. The multiregional life table is an important product of multiregional demographic analysis. The life statistic table allows examination of the life history of a birth cohort expectations of life and survivorship proportions. The multiregional life table may also be used to derive measures of fertility and migration such as the net reproduction rate and the net migraproduction rate. Another section of this paper examines the longterm influence of constant regional patterns of fertility mortality and migration on the regional distribution and age structure of the Austrian population. Results of these projections are included in the appendices.