J10 - Demographic Economics: GeneralReturn

Demographic development of the world population suggests the continual shift toward the population ageing. This effect may be clearly seen in developed countries of the European Union. The aim of the article is to analyze basic demographic and economic characteristics of the European Union as a whole and also of individual member states. We try to find similar and different characteristics of groups of member countries based on cluster analysis and basic demographic and economic indicators. We come to conclusion that old member states (those that accessed the EU before 2004) and new member states (those that accessed the EU after 2004) show different development of basic demographic indicators which suggests that convergence between these two groups is not likely to happen in the near future.

This article presents crucial results of realised sociological research "Perception of Sense of Security Degree of Karviná Citizens". The project was solved in cooperation with local government of city Karviná by Ph.D. students from Department of Social Sciences, Silesian University in Opava, School of Business Administration in Karviná under the expert tutelage of their supervisor. The article is divided into two chapters, the first chapter terminologically defines the issues of the subject and terms related to security and threats to citizens and enterprise. The second chapter discusses the methodology of realised questionnaire survey in the city of Karviná and it brings specific results and conclusions of the research. Subsequently accepted measures can help to increase the sense of security degree of the citizens in Karviná.

This article presents results of the research Citizen Satisfaction with the Český Těšín Information Sources about the City, which was realized in third and fourth quarter of the year 2010. The aim of the research was to find out which information sources about city Český Těšín its citizens use and how satisfied they are with these sources. In order to obtain data for this research the method of interrogation (the questionnaire technique) was used. Respondents were asked about use of information sources about the city (official board, website, information center, newsletters) and satisfaction with the website and newsletter Těšínské listy. Obtained data were analyzed and evaluated using statistical methods. The results and main findings of the research described in the article were already given to representatives of the city Český Těšín. On its basis the city representatives can contribute with their decisions to better the citizen awareness about the city and to improve the quality of used information sources.