Eastern Europe is a region that has a negative demographic trends. The population is going down, and there isn't a single country of this region that actually has a positive population growth. There are several reasons as to why this is happening. One of the main factors in the migration, as these countries are developing countries and they don't offer high wages and good living conditions, lot of people migrate in Western Europe and North America. Because the economy of these countries is not the best, the people are afraid about their future, so they choose to have one or two children tops, as they are not sure will they be able to afford to have more. The availability of the birth control also had its impact, as the women can be sexually active but not be afraid that they will get pregnant when they don't want to.
The factors influencing the rate of population growth of Eastern Europe are as follows “conflict between ethnic groups, availability of birth control, housing shortages, industrialization, migration and uncertainty about the future”.
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There are many factors that may play a major role in the determination of the population growth in Eastern Europe. The “availability of birth control” affects the population growth rate. The fertility rate is influenced by the presence of ethnic groups and the conflicts between them.
Housing shortages also influence the population growth. Migration of people does not have any immediate impact on the religious group in global but overtime it can modify the population growth in many regions.
Seismic activities in this area are small and they are never even felt.
Explanation
Along the Indiana and Illinois border runs the Wabash valley seismic zone, which according to the United States Geological Services (USGS) data, lesser earthquake events happen relatively frequently along the line. Although Indiana is located near two powerful fault lines, it hasn’t produced life threatening earthquakes.
