| Summary: | Background. The changes in Russia in the sphere of family and marriage affect
key value systems. The transformation of family values affects such functional systems of
the family as parenthood, marriage and kinship. The attitude of young people towards marriage and childbearing is an important marker of the manifestation of family values
among young people. Materials and methods. To study the value orientations of young
people in the field of family relations and the birth of children, the data of the author’s
study: “Marriage and cohabitationˮ (2020, n = 520), as well as data from the All-Russian
study of reproductive strategies of young people (2019, n = 1600). Results. It was revealed
that the values of marriage and parenthood are an important part of the value system of
young people, however, there is a massive rejection of early childbearing and marriage
without prior cohabitation. Young people associate the postponement of starting a family
and having children with objective reasons: financial and housing. Conclusions. The study
showed that the following trends are noticeable among the youth of the Penza region: postponing
childbirth, normalization of cohabitation, planning for the birth of children, partnership
budget in a couple. Attitudes towards family and marriage are mostly positive. The
ideas of “childfreeˮ as a conscious choice are practically not common among the youth of
the Penza region.
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