Social health of female students as women's early reproductive age category

The article is devoted to the issue of social health of women of early reproductive age, which includes reproductive, physical, mental and moral components. The authors identify and substantiate the need to study this issue on the base of the downward trend in the number of women of fertile age in Russia and the deterioration of their physical health. The authors present the results of sociological study «The Social Health of Women of Reproductive Age Living in the Stavropol Territory» (588 female respondents). The purpose of the study is to assess the social health of women of reproductive age and factors responsible for it. The study make it possible to analyze the social health of this category of the population from the standpoint of health-saving and health-damaging practices. The authors draw conclusion about the predominance of the strategy of indifference to their reproductive health with elements of self-destructive practices in the behavior of female students.