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A Social-Demographic Profile of Italy

Italy Facts Official Language: Italian Predominant Religion: Roman Catholic Capital City: Rome Population in 2004: 58,057,477 Considered to be a “More Developed Nation”

Architecture in Northern Italy Pope John Paul II

Geography Area: 301,230 square kilometers Three-quarters of Italy’s land is mountainous The Po North Vs. South Climate

Natural Disasters Mount Etna in Sicily (Britton, p.10)

Population

- Crowded Italy streets

Italy and Fertility Birth Rate: 9.05/1,000 Total Fertility Rate: 1.27 * EXTREMELY LOW!

Factors Contributing to Italy’s Low Fertility 1. Education and employment opportunities for Italian Women 2. Industrial and Technological Development 3. More modern interests and lifestyles

Factors Contributing to Italy’s Low Fertility 1. Education and employment opportunities for Italian Women 2. Industrial and Technological Development 3. More modern interests and lifestyles

Factors Contributing to Italy’s Low Fertility 1. Education and employment opportunities for Italian Women 2. Industrial and Technological Development 3. More modern interests and lifestyles

Italy and Mortality Death Rate: 10.21/1,000 Life Expectancy: years Males - 76 Females - 82

Italy’s Aging Population … and Feminization of Old Age

Factors Contributing to Italy’s High Life Expectancy and Low Mortality Rate 1. Urbanization 2. Education 3. Health Care System Servizio Sanitario Nazionale

Milan, Italy (Agosti, p. 129)

Factors Contributing to Italy’s High Life Expectancy and Low Mortality Rate 1. Urbanization 2. Education 3. Health Care System Servizio Sanitario Nazionale

- Servizio Sanitario Nazionale

Italy and Government Gained Independence on March 17, 1861 Republic Government 16 Administrative ‘regions’ 1. Judicial Branch (Corte Constituzionale) 15 Judges

Italy and Government 2. Executive Branch Head of Government (President of the Council of Ministers) Cabinet Chief of state Silvio Berlusconi: President of the Council of Ministers

Italy and Government 3. Legislative Branch (Parliament) Camera dei Deputati (Chamber of Deputies) Senato della Repubblica (Senate) Italian Senate

Italy and Economy Labour Force: million people Unemployment Rate: 8.6% North vs. South Urbanization…

Italy and Economy

Italy and the Economy: TOURISM

Colosseum in Rome

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Italy and Migration INTERNAL MIGRATION Push-Pull Theory - “some people move because they are pushed out of their former location, whereas others move because they have been pulled, or attracted to someplace else” (Weeks, 2005, p. 282).

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

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