Holubeva I. Childhood as an object of social-demographic policy in Ukraine.

Disertation deals with the research and creation of theoretic views, systematic and practical recommendations about perfection of social-demographic policy concerning children in Ukraine. The results of made work are: the intensification of social-economic and demographic meaning of childhood and children. Methodologic grounds of childhood study as a part of humans' life were defined. A circle of questions, which uncovered social and economic preconditions of maintenance, upbringing, education, health of children was studied too. The role of family as one of the most important cell of demoreality in birth, upbringing, social adaptation of orphan was viewed too. Conditions of maintenance, upbringing and socialisation of orphan and children which are deprived of parents care and live in the houses of family type as cell of demoreality were considered. Recommendations for optimization and securing of humans rights and effectiveness of population policy as to improvement of children condition in Ukraine were developed.