Demographic potential of families and the economy of its development

The article presents a new method for analysis of demographic potential of families on the basis of data from sample survey and elementary micro-modelling. It provides a special analysis of the economic factors and consequences of the birth of the first, second and third child in complete families. It also proposes a procedure for correction of the population family structure on the basis of data from the quarterly sample surveys of the population incomes and expenditures.