Fertility intentions among medical students in war-torn Ukraine: a cross-sectional survey
Iryna Mogilevkina, Matts Olovsson, Olena Getsko, Valeriia Marichereda, Tanja Tyden · 2026
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Iryna Mogilevkina and co-authors survey a 2026 question in wartime Ukraine: do medical students still plan to have children? Ukraine's fertility rate hit 0.9 in 2022, among Europe's lowest. An online questionnaire at Odesa National Medical University in May 2024 drew 655 women and 191 men, averaging twenty years old.
Three quarters intended to become parents, mostly wanting two children. Women hoped for a first child at 26.1 years on average, men at 28.1 years in the responses. Sixty-two percent said they would carry a hypothetical pregnancy to birth, citing moral or religious grounds, while abortion choosers named money and the war. Housing and financial stability topped the preconditions, at 93 and 92 percent of respondents. Women anticipated emotional rewards more; men worried more about lost time and income.
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| CREATOR | Iryna Mogilevkina, Matts Olovsson, Olena Getsko, Valeriia Marichereda, Tanja Tyden |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 79377 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |