This paper presents the results of statistical estimation impact of demographic and medico-biological factors on Ukraine’s fertility trends. The Bongaarts fertility multiplicative model makes it possible to assess the role of each determinant in the formation of the total fertility rate in Ukraine.
Key words: fertility trend, childbearing activity, index model, medico- demographic fertility determinants.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/1728-2667.2013/134-1/15