About the economic factors of the process of fertility in contemporary Russia

Abstract

The article deals with the process of childbirth and the factors affecting it. Actuality of this work is caused by the significant decline in the birth rate in Russia in 2017-2018. The article describes the institution of the family as an integral part of the socio-economic structure of society, in which changes of the whole system naturally entail changes in its elements. Groups of factors influencing the childbirth process are determined. The main attention is devoted to the analysis of the influence of economic factors that form the demographic situation in modern society. The article identifies and analyzes the main economic factors affecting the birth rate. The influence of different economic conditions of family life on reproductive attitudes is described. The article deals with the actual problems of childbirth in the conditions of socio-economic reform of the Russian society. The presented theoretical calculations are confirmed by the data of various empirical studies. The materials of the article are of theoretical and practical value for employees in the field of social research in sociology, philosophy, psychology.