Moldova experiences a decrease in fertility, but also a change in the demographic structure. According to Boris Gilca, UNFPA Assistant Representative, in the future it will become increasingly hard to maintain a stable level of social life, as there are fewer and fewer marriages and thus fewer and fewer child births. “The contemporary Moldovan family gives birth to one child, and wishes 'quality in everything', thus not opting for a second child. To have a child is a special project”, Boris Gilca told an interview with Info-Prim Neo, {published on December 28} as part of the “Year 2012 in the life of Moldova and its people” Series. According to Boris Gilca, lower birthrates are common across Europe. “Fertility is being calculated as a ratio between the number of births and the number of women of fertile age (i.e. ages 15-49). We need 2.1 children per woman, in order to talk of a stable population – that is, generations simply reproducing themselves. 2.1 is the population stability level; anything below determines a long-term reduction of the population”. “We need demographic equilibrium, but not on account of decreasing life quality, of social inequality, or diminishing investments into human capital, or the one destined to children's education”, stated UNFPA Assistant Representative Boris Gilca in his interview with Info-Prim Neo.