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The article presents changes in the rural age structures in Poland as observed in the years 1996, 2001 and 2006. The changes in population numbers are analysed with respect to age groups, the aging index and the old-age rate. Regarding its spatial scope, the article covers rural areas in Poland and the basic territorial units it uses are rural communes and the rural parts of mixed rural-urban communes that altogether amount to 2,171 units (as of 2006). The obtained results are discussed in a broader context of urban as well as countrywide age structures.
VERSITA Central European Science Publishers, Warsaw; http://versita.com, in cooperation with journal's owner - Nicolaus Copernicus University Press; http://wydawnictwoumk.pl
VERSITA Central European Science Publishers, Warsaw; http://versita.com, in cooperation with journal's owner - Nicolaus Copernicus University Press; http://wydawnictwoumk.pl