Theoretical aspects of rural population reproduction

The degree of scrutiny of the concept “the rural population reproduction” is revealed, the structure and category content of “the rural population” are established, its role and place in theory of market conditions, employment relationships. The criteria and principles, the set of indicators of the concept ’s scientific justification and employment of the rural population are also constituted. The main aspects such as physiological, sociological, socioeconomic and administrative are emphasized. Three types of reproduction are classified - narrowed, simple and extended, where extended reproduction of the population is presented as the most important. The authors analyze the theoretical and methodological study of the reproduction concept of the rural population on the components of the criteria of good quality, stability and competitiveness. Performance indicators of the rural population reproduction are offered through the levels of its financial security, the percentage of specialists among the rural population, degree of optimal mix between the categories of workers who are younger, older, of working age, stability, dynamics.