| Наименование статьи | Social Vulnerability of Families with Children in Modern Russia |
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| Страницы | 147 |
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| Аннотация | When performing its reproductive function, the family – the main institution for population
reproduction – continues to bear increased risks of poverty. The goal of our paper is to study manifestations
of social vulnerability of modern Russian families with children. Despite the active demographic policy
implemented with the help of national projects since 2006, the actual situation concerning families with
children has not undergone any significant changes. The birth of a child continues to reduce the standard
of living to the point of crossing the poverty line; the housing market remains inaccessible, and the tools
for combining parenthood and professional activities do not work. The resources of an average family do
not promote the formation of human potential of the child population that would meet the demands of
the knowledge economy and are reduced to a set of primary needs. The existing mechanisms of social
support do not guarantee that the life of families with children will actually improve; childcare allowances are not growing and are not focused on achieving any standard of living, even the minimum subsistence
level. Having few children becomes a conscious choice against the background of the crisis of marriage,
which ceased to serve as a kind of contract according to which the husband is a breadwinner, and the wife
gives birth to children and runs the house. Women have become full-fledged actors in the labor market.
However, they still face discrimination in this regard. The analysis of gender statistics shows that women
who have the same level of education, sphere of activity and official status as men receive an average wage
that is one third lower compared to that of men. However, the phenomenon of working wives is not only
and not so much a reflection of their desire for professional self-realization. Two working adults in an
average family will provide a per capita income at the subsistence level in case they have no more than
two children. In addition, satisfaction with the availability and quality of education and health services –
the institutions that support the reproduction of the population and human potential – remains far from
the desired level. Under the circumstances, the family with children remains one of the most socially
vulnerable population groups; this fact requires the revision of the mechanisms of social policy and the
principles of the social state in general. Scientific novelty of our study consists in the fact that it analyzes
and classifies the manifestations of social vulnerability of modern families with children and puts forward
the proposals to improve the social and demographic policy of the state. The findings of our research can
be used in the practice of public administration. |
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| Ключевые слова | family, children, state support measures, financial problems, housing problems, social services, reproductive potential, social policy |
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| Журнал | Economic and social changes: facts, trends, forecast |
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| Номер выпуска | 2 |
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| Автор(ы) | Калачикова О. Н., Груздева М. А. |
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