Famiglie numerose e famiglie atipiche in Italia al censimento del 2001.

By the data of the 2001census of the Italian population we consider the characteristics of the households of at least two people which are not a family unit, the large households of at least six persons and those with some foreign members. These three groups of households are at the margins of the prevailing type consisting of a couple with or without children and therefore, we define them “atypical”. Because of the small size of these groups, they can hardly analysed with data from sample surveys The households of two persons which are not a family are 477 thousand. The most important are those consisting of brothers / sisters (or brothers in law/ sisters in law), followed by those of a parent and a son separated or divorced, then by those consisting of other relatives (mostly grandfather / grandchild or uncle / nephew) and finally those of individuals linked by a bond of affection. The latter are 56 thousands, 38% with people of different sex and the rest with same sex people, half consisting of men only and half of women only. The large households are 370 thousand. They constitute an aggregate heterogeneous with respect to their structure, including also the households without a family, couples without children and other members added and households with many families. They are a different set from that formed by the families with numerous children (for symmetry with at least four children). This one includes 210 thousand families, of which 185 thousand are couples with children and 25 thousand single parents with children

The importance of spatial adjustment processes in the labour force: the case of Albania

Using census data on work commuting in Albania – collected for the first time in 2011 – this study examines the spatial adjustment processes between demand and supply of labour across the country. The first part focuses on the spatial adjustment of labour forces that occur within and between Albanian’s prefectures. Several statistical indicators, derived using origin-destination matrices, measure the differential levels of attraction and expulsion of each prefecture. Results show a high level of heterogeneity and emphasise the crucial role of spatial contiguity among prefectures on this spatial dynamic. The second part examines the role of the municipality of Tirana. This is first investigated within a three-territorial-units system (the municipality of Tirana, rest of the prefecture and rest of Albania) and then within the prefecture as a closed system. Interestingly, 71.5% of all the commuting flows directed to the Municipality originate from municipalities located very close to Tirana (less than 10 km). We conclude that the spatial structure of the prefecture, reasonably extendable to the whole country, can be defined as monocentric. Further studies should focus on the implied costs of this system to the society and environment of Albania

The importance of spatial adjustment processes in the labour force: the case of Albania

Using census data on work commuting in Albania – collected for the first time in 2011 – this study examines the spatial adjustment processes between demand and supply of labour across the country. The first part focuses on the spatial adjustment of labour forces that occur within and between Albanian’s prefectures. Several statistical indicators, derived using origin-destination matrices, measure the differential levels of attraction and expulsion of each prefecture. Results show a high level of heterogeneity and emphasise the crucial role of spatial contiguity among prefectures on this spatial dynamic. The second part examines the role of the municipality of Tirana. This is first investigated within a three-territorial-units system (the municipality of Tirana, rest of the prefecture and rest of Albania) and then within the prefecture as a closed system. Interestingly, 71.5% of all the commuting flows directed to the Municipality originate from municipalities located very close to Tirana (less than 10 km). We conclude that the spatial structure of the prefecture, reasonably extendable to the whole country, can be defined as monocentric. Further studies should focus on the implied costs of this system to the society and environment of Albania

The importance of spatial adjustment processes in the labour force: the case of Albania

Using census data on work commuting in Albania – collected for the first time in 2011 – this study examines the spatial adjustment processes between demand and supply of labour across the country. The first part focuses on the spatial adjustment of labour forces that occur within and between Albanian’s prefectures. Several statistical indicators, derived using origin-destination matrices, measure the differential levels of attraction and expulsion of each prefecture. Results show a high level of heterogeneity and emphasise the crucial role of spatial contiguity among prefectures on this spatial dynamic. The second part examines the role of the municipality of Tirana. This is first investigated within a three-territorial-units system (the municipality of Tirana, rest of the prefecture and rest of Albania) and then within the prefecture as a closed system. Interestingly, 71.5% of all the commuting flows directed to the Municipality originate from municipalities located very close to Tirana (less than 10 km). We conclude that the spatial structure of the prefecture, reasonably extendable to the whole country, can be defined as monocentric. Further studies should focus on the implied costs of this system to the society and environment of Albania

Graph Regionalization with Clustering and Partitioning: an Application for Daily Commuting Flows in Albania

The paper presents an original application of the recently proposed spatial data mining method named GraphRECAP on daily commuting flows using 2011 Albanian census data. Its aim is to identify several clusters of Albanian municipalities/communes; propose a classification of the Albanian territory based on daily commuting flows among municipalities/communes. Starting from 373 local units, we first applied a spatial clustering technique without imposing any constraining strategy. Based on the input variables, we obtained 16 clusters. In the second step of our analysis, we impose a set of constraining parameters to identify intermediate areas between the local level (municipality/commune) and the national one. We have defined 12 derived regions (same number as the actual Albanian prefectures but with different geographies). These derived regions are quite different from the traditional ones in terms of both geographical dimensions and boundarie

Famiglie numerose e famiglie atipiche in Italia al censimento del 2001.

By the data of the 2001census of the Italian population we consider the characteristics of the households of at least two people which are not a family unit, the large households of at least six persons and those with some foreign members. These three groups of households are at the margins of the prevailing type consisting of a couple with or without children and therefore, we define them “atypical”. Because of the small size of these groups, they can hardly analysed with data from sample surveys The households of two persons which are not a family are 477 thousand. The most important are those consisting of brothers / sisters (or brothers in law/ sisters in law), followed by those of a parent and a son separated or divorced, then by those consisting of other relatives (mostly grandfather / grandchild or uncle / nephew) and finally those of individuals linked by a bond of affection. The latter are 56 thousands, 38% with people of different sex and the rest with same sex people, half consisting of men only and half of women only. The large households are 370 thousand. They constitute an aggregate heterogeneous with respect to their structure, including also the households without a family, couples without children and other members added and households with many families. They are a different set from that formed by the families with numerous children (for symmetry with at least four children). This one includes 210 thousand families, of which 185 thousand are couples with children and 25 thousand single parents with children