[The motivation for deciding on keeping or terminating a pregnancy. II. The socioeconomic factors, the self-assessment of health status and the attitude towards the future].

Subject of investigation are peculiarities of emotional and motivational sphere of women in a fertile age (women recently confined or terminating pregnancy by wish). They are divided according to their attitude towards real pregnancy. Results of investigation show that double-pole attitude towards pregnancy is in direct dependence on the employment, on the security of working place. Marriage and its duration are mutually connected with the negative attitude toward pregnancy. Pregnancy becomes unwished for when the number of children desired coincides with the real one. There is a considerable interconnection between pessimistic expectations and attitude toward pregnancy in the both groups (p < 0.05). As a whole 72 per cent of tested persons would like to have two children without special preferences regarding their sex. According to the data made out of the investigation desired number of children is connected with the satisfaction from living conditions, the woman's age and marriage duration, with the professional realization and faith in future. The authors consider that towards every pregnancy an individual approach is necessary with careful search and investigation of factors which define woman's attitude toward pregnancy.