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 Demography for Roma Minority in Romania

    by:
  • Vasile Gheţău (Romanian Academy, “Vladimir Trebici” Demographic Research Center, 13 September Way, 050711, Bucharest, E-mail: vasile.ghetau@digicom.ro)


There is a reality that cannot be disputed: the number of Roma is high in Romania and this number is strongly connected with an entire problematic which is extremely complex and negative in the same time. There is an official source of data regarding the ethnic affiliation i.e. the population census. Having a look at the table 1 we can notice serious inconsistencies regarding the Roma evolution from the post-war time.


Keywords: Roma evolution, census, inconsistencies