HOW MANY CHILDREN DO WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE HAVE AND WANT TO HAVE IN UKRAINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2786.2018.2.9365Keywords:
fertility, reproduction, age groups.Abstract
Purpose: to study and analyze number of children born by women of childbearing age.
Materials and Methods. Statistical data on birth rate of population, data from sociological surveys of women in the Khmelnytskyi region were used.
Results. Study of causes of decline in birth rate of children in modern conditions shows that many factors contribute to this: decrease in living standard of the population due to socioeconomic crisis, labor emigration of women, state child support payments and subsidies that come short of covering child-rearing expenses. Due to low living standards, unemployment and other social and economic problems caused by crisis in all spheres of life, Ukrainian families do not have the opportunity now to ensure the appropriate level of spending on children, which is becoming one of the main reasons why birth rate has plummeted. Furthermore, a modern woman wishes more and more to have time to self-actualize in career growth and not only in her role as a mother, and wants to be just a housewife less and less. The spread of choosing not to have children or give birth to only one child among a large number of women is facilitated by the fact that women have to earn money and raise children, and the state does not support much.
Conclusion. The results we have obtained confirm that, under favorable socioeconomic conditions, women of childbearing age would have 2.02 children on average per woman, which would correspond to a stationary type of reproduction of the population.
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