Трусова Е. А

he article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the families’ reproductive attitudes, as a basis for understanding the complex demographic situation in the country and the Khabarovsk territory, due to a decrease in the birth rate and increase in the natural population decline. Empirical basis of the research was the results of all-Russian and regional sociological studies, as well as psych diagnostic methods of sociological surveys and diagnostics of families in the Khabarovsk territory. On their basis, the author analyzed the following components of reproductive attitude: awareness (cognitive component), attitude towards children (emotional component) and readiness for childbirth (behavioral component).The content of reproductive attitude of the respondent families main components was revealed, their hierarchy was determined, the values of the spouses and their gender characteristics were compared. It was concluded that the family's decision to have children is influenced by a complex of objective (socio-economic) and subjective (psychological) factors, among which the main role is played by the attitude of the spouse and, as a consequence, her position in determining the number of children in the family.