1. Results and discussion
1.1. Contemporary ageing: empirical evidence from Hungary
Ageing (statistical point of view, the increase of old people within the
population) has been the most perspective demographic process since the end of
the last century. We can anticipate with high probability that its deep and long
standing effects entangle the whole society. Ageing process has a diffusive
character. Since its emergence, ageing has been spreading spatially, too from
highly developed countries to less developed ones (among them situated in
Hungary). The diffusion of ageing is an uneven process. The timing and