Transnational Care, Digital Literacy and Ageing in Emigration Areas: Eastern Serbia Case Study

Predojević-Despić, Jelena and Cukut Krilić, Sanja (2025) Transnational Care, Digital Literacy and Ageing in Emigration Areas: Eastern Serbia Case Study. In: Book of Abstracts | 5th ISA Forum of Sociology | Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene | 6-11 July 2025 | Rabat – Morocco. International Sociological Association (ISA) In cooperation with The Conference Exchange, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 269-270. ISBN 2522-7300

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Abstract

The population of Serbia has a six-decade-long emigration tradition, and eastern Serbia (including Petrovac municipality) belongs to the oldest emigration zone with intensive labor emigration. In the vast majority of municipalities in this area, more than a third of its total population resides abroad, and the majority is low educated. Also, in the last two decades, census data record return migration of the population aged 60+. In addition, available census data on the population of Serbia abroad show that of the total number of dependents aged 60+ in the country whose dependent is abroad, 40% live in Serbia’s oldest emigration zone. On the other hand, census data from 2022 show that digital literacy in this part of Serbia is significantly below the average for the entire country. This particularly applies to the population 60+ in rural areas.

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