[Socio-familial situation of women treated for childlessness]

The documentation of the Andrology Outpatient Clinic, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Academy in Lublin from the years 1979-1989 was studied retrospectively, and 169 women were isolated who completed the treatment for childlessness. The carried out studies indicated that younger people with shorter marriage history (usually after 2-5 years) more frequently sought treatment for childlessness, especially those coming from rural areas. Greater striving for having children in married people from rural areas was expressed also by the fact that they more frequently decided to use donor semen for insemination.