Forced Childlessness as an Object of State Pro- Natalist Policy: the Experience of Empirical Analysis
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.95.2.016
Abstract
In the context of the demographic crisis, improving the birth rate situation requires an integrated approach aimed at stimulating parenthood. For the effective impact of pronatalist measures, a targeted impact on target groups is necessary, therefore, the purpose of our study is to classify attitudes towards a (childless) lifestyle. As part of this goal, the authors conducted a qualitative semi-structured interview with 36 childless respondents aged 20 to 49 years. The survey data made it possible to classify the main attitudes towards childbirth and the causes of these attitudes. The classification proposed in the article will help to develop effective programs aimed at changing reproductive behavior, taking into account the needs of individuals and married couples. This, in turn, will help create more effective tools to increase fertility and raise children.
An important aspect of assessing the effectiveness of government measures to increase the birth rate is to take into account not only statistical data on the number of newborns, but also the problems of forced childlessness. It is this category that counts.
About the Authors
N. B. Kostina
Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kostina Natalia Borisovna — Doctor of Sociology Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Sociology and Technology of State and Municipal Administration
E. I. Vanaeva
Ural Institute of Management, a branch of the RANEPA
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vanaeva Elnara Ilfatovna — Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Personnel Management and Sociology
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Kostina N.B., Vanaeva E.I. Forced Childlessness as an Object of State Pro- Natalist Policy: the Experience of Empirical Analysis. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2025;(2(95)):151-162. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2025.95.2.016
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