Polska rodzina w świetle wybranych badań statystycznych

The family is the basic social unit of society. The main goal of the family is goal to good of the spouses and the procreation and upbringing of children. Dynamic changes of the socio-economic structure that occurred during the last several years in Poland, affected also the family and its social perception. The aim of the work is the depicting contemporary Polish family in statistical perspective. The statistical data from CSO in Poland and one of the Public Opinion Research Center study were used. It is confirmed that mentioned changes lead to the weakening of the family rather, which in turn is associated with unfavorable demographic situation in Poland.