<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this article is to analyse relations between the educational attainment of the rural population and the level of economic development of the rural areas in Poland. A typology of communes in terms of the analysed relations is made. This is the first research of this type involving all the rural areas in Poland conducted at the level of the commune. The research has shown a significant linear relation between the educational attainment of the population and the level of economic development of rural areas. The correlation coefficient amounts to 0.565.</p></abstract>

The aim of this article is to analyse relations between the educational attainment of the rural population and the level of economic development of the rural areas in Poland. A typology of communes in terms of the analysed relations is made. This is the first research of this type involving all the rural areas in Poland conducted at the level of the commune. The research has shown a significant linear relation between the educational attainment of the population and the level of economic development of rural areas. The correlation coefficient amounts to 0.565.

RURAL AREAS IN POLAND: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT VS. LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Institute of Geography, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland

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The aim of this article is to analyse relations between the educational attainment of the rural population and the level of economic development of the rural...

RURAL AREAS IN POLAND: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT VS. LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2013

Zakres stron: 63 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0034

Słowa kluczowe
rural areas, education, economic development, communes

This content is open access.

RURAL AREAS IN POLAND: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT VS. LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2013

Zakres stron: 63 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2013-0034

Słowa kluczowerural areas, education, economic development, communes

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
rural areas, education, economic development, communes