Social and sanitary description of the reproductive performance in the rural areas of the Chelyabinsk region

The author represents the results of the integrated social and sanitary study of the role of intrafamily and extrafamily factors in forming reproductive aim in planning or refusing child-bearing among the population of Chelyabinsk's region who are at childbearing age and live in the modern socioeconomic conditions. Negative tendencies limiting the reproductive behavior of villagers were revealed during the study. Socio-economic difficulties were pointed out as the major factor that influences the reproductive aim.