1731-7398 The health of women of reproductive age and their childbearing intentions Mynarska Monika author Wróblewska Wiktoria author Instytut Psychologii, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, 01-938 Warszawa, ul. Wóycickiego 1/3 Correspondence to: Monika Mynarska m.mynarska@uksw.edu.pl Correspondence to: Wiktoria Wróblewska 28 08 2017 Tom 15, Numer 2 2017 135 143 Copyright © 2017 2017 Przygotowanie do wydania elektronicznego publikacji - zadanie finansowane w ramach umowy Nr 780/P-DUN/2017 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę. <p>In this paper, we investigate the significance of health in the fertility choices made by women in Poland. We use data from the first wave of the Polish “Generations and Gender Survey” (GGS-PL), which was conducted at the turn of 2010 and 2011. We verify whether women who are disabled or who experience health problems limit their childbearing intentions. 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