2408-9338Research result. Sociology and Management2408-933810.18413/2408-9338-2022-8- 2-0-72779SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL INSTITUTES AND PROCESSES<strong>Birth of Children as a Factor of Regressing of Socio-Economic Status of the Family</strong><br /> &nbsp;<strong>Birth of Children as a Factor of Regressing of Socio-Economic Status of the Family</strong><br /> &nbsp;SivoplyasovaSvetlana Yu.SivoplyasovaSvetlana Yu.svetlankamos84@rambler.ruSigarevaEvgenia P.SigarevaEvgenia P.sigarevae@mail.ruInstitute for Demographic Research, Federal Center for Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences20228200

This article deals with the results of a study of the impact of the birth of children on the socio-economic status of the family. Public and scientific discourse recognizes the essential role of the economic factor in the decision to give birth to a certain number of children before the event itself. However, there are a small number of works that evaluate already implemented reproductive attitudes to change the socio-economic status of the family. The authors examined the well-known theoretical foundations of the &ldquo;economic theory of fertility&rdquo; by G. Becker and R. Isterlina, &ldquo;demographic transition&rdquo; by F.U. Notstein and other foreign and domestic researchers in relation to the transformation of the current situation of fertility processes in Russia. The study revealed a more complex relationship between fertility and the socio-economic status of the family, which had a regressive characterin this study. It is shown that the birth of children in modern socio-economic conditionsin Russia worsens family satisfaction with their financial situation, depending on the number of children and form the potential of the poor population. In addition of thisit develops a shortage of funds, and also accelerates the degradation of housing conditions at a higher rate in families with a large number of children. An important conclusion of the study to clarify the scope and directions of socio-demographic policy in Russia and in other countries experiencing similar problems is the conclusion that the appearance of each child in a family worsens its socio-economic status by 10-30%.

This article deals with the results of a study of the impact of the birth of children on the socio-economic status of the family. Public and scientific discourse recognizes the essential role of the economic factor in the decision to give birth to a certain number of children before the event itself. However, there are a small number of works that evaluate already implemented reproductive attitudes to change the socio-economic status of the family. The authors examined the well-known theoretical foundations of the &ldquo;economic theory of fertility&rdquo; by G. Becker and R. Isterlina, &ldquo;demographic transition&rdquo; by F.U. Notstein and other foreign and domestic researchers in relation to the transformation of the current situation of fertility processes in Russia. The study revealed a more complex relationship between fertility and the socio-economic status of the family, which had a regressive characterin this study. It is shown that the birth of children in modern socio-economic conditionsin Russia worsens family satisfaction with their financial situation, depending on the number of children and form the potential of the poor population. In addition of thisit develops a shortage of funds, and also accelerates the degradation of housing conditions at a higher rate in families with a large number of children. An important conclusion of the study to clarify the scope and directions of socio-demographic policy in Russia and in other countries experiencing similar problems is the conclusion that the appearance of each child in a family worsens its socio-economic status by 10-30%.

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