1. A Social-Demographic Profile of Italy

3. 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”

4. Architecture in Northern Italy Pope John Paul II

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

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

7. Population

8. - Crowded Italy streets

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

10. 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

12. 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

14. 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

16. Italy and Mortality Death Rate: 10.21/1,000 Life Expectancy: 79.54 years Males - 76 Females - 82

17. Italy’s Aging Population … and Feminization of Old Age

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

19. Milan, Italy (Agosti, p. 129)

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

21. - Servizio Sanitario Nazionale

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

23. 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

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

25. Italy and Economy Labour Force: 24.15 million people Unemployment Rate: 8.6% North vs. South Urbanization…

26. Italy and Economy

27. Italy and the Economy: TOURISM

28. http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html Colosseum in Rome

29. Leaning Tower of Pisa

30. 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).

31. INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

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33. ITALY