DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLD AND REGIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT

The first part of the paper, regards to some socio-demographic determinants of households. They represent substantial indicators of the overall condition of a community. As a social element, are determined by the characteristics of the population that is the basic entity of observation in them. Status and trends of socio-demographic characteristics of households in Serbia in recent decades is the result of numerous factors. General decline in population - depopulation, migration to the city, crumbling of properties, decrease of family and marriage importance, marriage in later years, changes in structure of the households in terms of division on agricultural, non-agricultural, mixed, etc. are just a few of the causes that determine the current state and movement of socio-demographic characteristics of households in Serbia. In second part of the paper the authors point to potentials of rural areas as important factors for rural development are present. Potentials in regions and some areas are unfavourable which slows down the development of rural areas. In the previous period, trends of uneven and unbalanced rural development are present. The differences in the rural development of the region and the country are obvious. It is therefore necessary to reduce of differences in the level of development in which a special role is played by the household.