Abstract
In the last inter-census period, between 1991 and 2001, Rijeka recorded population decrease for the first time after World War II as the result of negative natural movement and negative net migration. At the same time the number of inhabitants in the suburban region increased owing exactly to in-migration. Besides migration characteristics analysis of the population of the city and its suburban region based on the data of previous censuses, especially on that in 2001, basic results of the empirical research conducted in 2006 by the way of questionnaire method on the sample of 411 respondents in four settlements in the Rijeka suburban region are presented in the paper. The analysis of respondents' replies to four questions regarding reasons for out-migration from their previous place of residence and settling in the Rijeka suburban region settlements points to solving housing problem as the main push factor of out-migration and main pull factor of in-migration to suburbs.
Highlights
In the last inter-census period, between 1991 and 2001, Rijeka recorded population decrease for the first time after World War II as the result of negative natural movement and negative net migration
After the extinguishing of the social housing construction system, the prices of dwellings considerably augmented in Rijeka, and as part of the population could not afford to by their own dwelling, they decided for a cheaper possibility – to buy or construct a family house in the suburban region
Summary
U sljedećem pitanju od ispitanika smo tražili da navedu samo jedan, glavni razlog odlaska iz nekadašnjega mjesta stanovanja. Od ukupno 265 ispitanika doseljenika, njih 104 ili 39,2% navelo je kao glavni razlog odlaska neriješeno stambeno pitanje, a 60 ispitanika ili 22,6% ženidbu/udaju. Treći navedeni razlog po važnosti za 23 ili 8,7% ispitanika jest nezaposlenost, a slijedi ga nemogućnost vlastita školovanja, što je bio ključni razlog seljenja za 17 ili 6,4% ispitanika. Za 37 ispitanika ili njih 14% nijedan od navedenih razloga nije bio ključni razlog odlaska. Osim o razlogu odlaska iz nekadašnjega mjesta stanovanja, doseljenike smo pitali i o razlozima odabira trenutačnog mjesta stanovanja u riječkoj okolici. Razlozi izbora sadašnjega mjesta stanovanja u riječkoj okolici Tab. 10 Reasons for choosing settlement in the Rijeka suburban area as the place of residence
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