About some of the results of the 2015 microcensus of the population

One of the main sources for primary demographic information at a certain time is the population census. Traditional general censuses of the population were formed gradually, they were preceded by a wide variety of forms of records, such as household reports, land records, homestead censuses. In 1897 the first general census of the population of the Russian Empire was conducted, from 1920 to1989 general censuses of the Soviet Union, in 2002 and in 2010 the general censuses of the population of the Russian Federation were carried out. In addition to general censuses, selective socio-demographic surveys, or so-called microcensuses, have been widely used to collect in-depth information on the population by including additional questions in the census forms. The purpose of this article is to review the results of a sample survey of the population of Russia conducted in 2015 according to two topical units: birth rate and reproductive plans of the population and health condition of the population...