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| a. The anatomy of mismanagement | 27 |
| b. Labor and the new managers | 29 |
| 3. Trade unions and labor relations | 30 |
| E. Living conditions and social problems | 33 |
| 1. Material welfare | 33 |
| 2. Social security and welfare programs | 37 |
| 3. Social problems | 40 |
| a. Social strains | 40 |
| b. Crime | 41 |
| c. Social ills | 42 |
| F. Health | 43 |
| 1. Health conditions and medical care | 43 |
| 2. Sanitation and utilities | 46 |
| 3. Nutrition | 47 |
| G. Religion | 48 |
| H. Education | 55 |
| 1. The national context | 55 |
| 2. The educational system | 57 |
| a. Organization and reform | 57 |
| b. Programs and curriculums | 59 |
| 3. Higher education | 61 |
| 4. Extracurricular activities | 63 |
| 5. Foreign students and exchanges | 64 |
| I. Artistic and cultural expression | 64 |
| 1. Historical development | 65 |
| 2. Development under communism | 67 |
| a. Literature and art | 68 |
| b. Theater, music, and folk art | 69 |
| c. Popular participation | 71 |
| J. Public information | 73 |
| 1. The role of government | 73 |
| 2. Radio and television | 74 |
| 3. Press, publishing, and film | 76 |
| K. Selected bibliography | 78 |
| Glossary | 79 |
| Fig. 1 Polish ethnic types (photos) | 3 |
| Fig. 2 The Polish Knight, a 19th century painting (photo) | 11 |
| Fig. 3 Royal Castle, Warsaw (photo) | 12 |
| Fig. 4 Monument to Nazi war victims (photo) | 12 |
| Fig. 5 The Warsaw Nike (photo) | 13 |
| Fig. 6 Selected population indicators (chart) | 14 |
| Fig. 7 Comparative population densities (chart) | 15 |
| Fig. 8 Population density (map) | 16 |
| Fig. 9 Urban and rural population density (table) | 17 |
| Fig. 10 Internal migration (table) | 17 |
| Fig. 11 Comparison of vital rates (chart) | 20 |
| Fig. 12 Age-sex distribution (chart) | 20 |
| Fig. 13 Vital statistics (table) | 21 |
| Fig. 14 Vital rates, Poland and selected countries (chart) | 22 |
| Fig. 15 Selected age-sex characteristics (table) | 23 |
| Fig. 16 Population by source of livelihood (chart) | 23 |
| Fig. 17 Shifts in working-class population (chart) | 24 |
| Fig. 18 Female employment (chart) | 24 |
| Fig. 19 Registered unemployment (table) | 25 |
| Fig. 20 Employment by educational level (chart) | 26 |
| Fig. 21 Index of money wages and real wages (chart) | 28 |
| Fig. 22 Consumer goods availability (table) | 35 |
| Fig. 23 New workers' housing, Katowice (photo) | 36 |
| Fig. 24 Old and new housing, Warsaw (photo) | 36 |
| Fig. 25 Typical rural dwelling, central Poland (photo) | 37 |
| Fig. 26 Health personnel per 10,000 population (chart) | 45 |
| Fig. 27 Hospital beds by categories (chart) | 46 |
| Fig. 28 Per capita food consumption (table) | 48 |
| Fig. 29 Supermarket, Warsaw (photos) | 49 |
| Fig. 30 Typical self-service grocery (photo) | 49 |
| Fig. 31 Open-air peasants' market, Warsaw (photo) | 50 |
| Fig. 32 Religious procession (photo) | 50 |
| Fig. 33 Members of Roman Catholic hierarchy (photo) | 51 |
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