Features of modern youth reproductive attitudes: expert opinions and reality

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
S.G. Ivchenkov ◽  
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M.S. Ivchenkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Life Strategy ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Value Of Children ◽  
Professional Self

Presented is analysis of results of sociological research of reproductive attitudes of young people in modern Russian society. The article states, that they are gradually transforming from traditional to adaptive ones. Reproductive attitudes are regulated partly by common norms and values and partly by personal reproductive views. However, they are changing. In the structure of life values of modern youth, children were ranked on the 3rd place in the hierarchy of importance (after health, family). While having a child is still dominant attitude, instrumental orientation to the child is strengthened. Only 18% of young people traditionally see the joy of life in children to some extent; 47% — categorically reject traditional attitudes to childhood as a guarantee of personal and family happiness; 14% — share liberal tolerant values of individualism in their reproductive attitudes. The modern young generation is characterized by an orientation towards having few children. This is manifested in a decrease in the orientation to have two children and an increase in the orientation to have only one child, or to be childfree. From one hand, that indicates the growing value of children themselves, from other hand that shows a reduction of having children among young people. A significant degree of actual distancing of reproductive behavior attitudes from traditional values and practices in this sphere of life, their individualization and rationalization are revealed. Young people who would like to have 2 or 3 children has only one especially among younger groups when their life strategy is more orientated on study, professional self-development and achievement economical comfort life. According to youth opinion the birth of a child brings more difficulties to life than positive changes, which provokes rationalism and pragmatism of individual reproductive attitudes of the younger generation. Unwillingness to have children contributes to the growth of contraceptive culture. Although, the development of contraceptive attitudes related to the reproductive sphere is slow, that provokes the problem of abortions or “accidental” “unwanted” children. Distribution of methods of making decisions about the birth of children and their number, as well as responsibility for the onset of pregnancy have already begun to acquire the character of asymmetry, shifted towards the woman.

Religious Factor in the Formation of Youth Mentality

2020 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
L.M. Ashnokova ◽  
M.N. Namitokova
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Religious Conflicts ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
The Difference

In the article the author considers the issue that currently mentality is influenced primarily by economic, social, cultural, religious, political factors. The most important factor affecting the mentality, behavior, character of an individual, social group is religion. Today in the world the mental traits of any social group, especially youth, are more susceptible to change, since the historical development of the mentality of young people is more dynamic than the development of the mentality of other demographic groups, as it is more susceptible to innovation and innovation. Most young Russians in all regions of our multi-confessional country perceive themselves as believers. The difference in religious beliefs contributes to the separation of the youth social group. To prevent religious conflicts, it is important to form a tolerant attitude of representatives of different faiths to each other. It is indicated that the so-called imaginary religiosity appeared, when only external religiosity is presented without a deep internal commitment to dogma. These processes are most clearly visible among young people. The confessional identification of the young generation of Russians in most cases is determined purely ethnically. Often young people determine their religion not by deep convictions, but by a formal-ethnic principle. It is emphasized that at present in Russian society there are not enough cultural and moral prerequisites for the revival of genuine religious spirituality, and the difference in religious beliefs contributes to the separation of the youth environment.

scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL CHOICE OF YOUTH IN MODERN KAZAKHSTAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 283-290
Author(s):  
M. K. Shnarbekova
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
After School ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Market Needs

This article presented the most significant changes that took place in professional self-determination of young people in connection with economic and social changes of Kazakhstan. The aspirations of young people and their actual steps in choosing the path after school, especially the motivation to form an idea of the future professional activity are considered. Modern practices of educational guidance and professional choice of Kazakhstani youth are analyzed. Sociological research of the features of professional choices of young people in all its versatility opens up new opportunities and prospects in the study: the balance between supply and demand in the labor market. In article we aimed to answer the following research questions: Is the professional choice of young people «alarmingly» unrelated to the labor market needs? What objective and subjective motives guided the youth in a professional choice?  According to the methodology of the study, the sample is 1000 respondents. The survey covers all groups of young people in Kazakhstan – the sample represents young people by gender, age, nationality, marital status, presence of children, level of education, type of employment, degree of religiosity, level of material situation of households and type of settlement. The study results are processed and analyzed using custom software SPSS for Windows (version 21).

scholarly journals Internet in Social Reality of Russian Youth: Potential Risks and Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Rudenkin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
The Social ◽  
Everyday Reality

The paper is devoted to an empirical analysis of the role of the Internet in the everyday reality of Russian youth. The author notes that the unusual speed of the Internet spread in the life of Russian society made the circumstances of growing up of modern young Russians very specific. In fact, they became the first generation of Russian “digital natives”. Growing up in the conditions of the rapid spread of the Internet in society, many of them are used to perceiving the Internet as a natural and inalienable attribute of everyday reality. The author uses materials of secondary data analysis and the data of his sociological research among Russian youth to determine the role of the Internet in the social reality of youth and to find out the possible risks and opportunities that it can create. The empirical basis of the study is a questionnaire survey conducted by the author in 2018 among the youth of the city of Ekaterinburg, Russia. The key conclusion of the article is that the Internet is deeply integrated into the social reality of modern Russian youth. The growing importance of the Internet in life is a source of a number of risks, which include the formation of Internet addiction, increasing the vulnerability of young people to destructive content and the formation of a communicative gap between representatives of different generations. The Internet can also be used to broadcast information to a youth audience, to organize cooperation among young people, to popularize good practices and for other purposes. Keywords: youth, Russian youth, Internet, “digital natives”, Russian society

YOUTH PROFESSIONAL CHOICE IN THE CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN SOCIETY

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu.M. Pasovets
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Personal Significance ◽  
Young Professional ◽  
Training Stage ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Key Indicators

The relevance of the young professional choice study is related to the young people social integration which has the key value for the social and professional structure reproduction and economic growth of society. Problems of professional choice create risks for the successful integration of young people into education, labor and employment. The purpose of the paper is to determine the peculiarities of primary and secondary professional choice of young people, determined by the motives of choosing a future profession that are most common among young people, on the basis of the empirical data analysis. The research methodology is based on the concept of professional self- determination and the author's approach to the distinction between secondary and repeated professional choice.The research method reflects key indicators: the motivation of primary and secondary professional choice, preferences of higher education in the framework of the chosen profession, etc. The empirical basis of the research is the results of the author’s sociological survey of young people. On the example of student youth, author reveals a hierarchy of professional choice motives, characterizes the ratio of internal and external motives of such a choice. The key factors of young preference of higher education in the framework of the chosen profession are revealed. The secondary and repeated professional choice implementation at the vocational training stage of young people is analyzed. The repeated professional choice connection with the personal significance reassessment of the profession and motives associated with the change in the education profile, interaction in the new sphere of professional activity is substantiated. The research results can be in demand for the development of professional self-determination sociological concept and some branches of sociology; in the practice of regulating the interaction of the education system and the labor market.

scholarly journals Ho Chi Minh Ideologies on Educating Young Generation - and Training Solutions for Health in New Era with Digital Transformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 638-644
Author(s):  
Leng Thi Lan ◽  
Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy ◽  
Dinh Thi Hien ◽  
Nguyen Thi Hoa ◽  
Pham Thi Huyen Trang
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
New Era ◽  
Sport Training ◽  
Inductive Methods

Educating the youth in developing and developed countries such as Vietnam is receiving lots of concerns from the public and government. President Ho Chi Minh, a talented leader of Vietnam and the world has emphasized so much on the youth education as they are the future generation and the owner of the nation. In the relationship between individuals and society, Ho Chi Minh requires young people to ask themselves what they have done for the country, not what the country has given them? Must educate young people to have love and responsibility for everyone. Young people must regularly practice self-criticism and serious criticism to help each other progress. Authors main use qualitative analysis, synthesis and inductive methods. We also use experiment test methods and experiences. Beside, physical exercise and sport training for students also are in a main concern, as Tuan, N.A (2017) also mentioned in Quang Binh University, many students prefer soccer and volley ball as their favorite sports to train. Through study, authors indicated traditional and modern values need to be mixed in educating young generation and need to keep good traditional values, morality with physical health training via physical exercises and sport games.

scholarly journals Social Portrait of a Modern Student

Discourse ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
O. V. Yarmak ◽  
P. P. Deryugin ◽  
V. E. Yarmak
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Young Students ◽  
The University

Introduction. Sociological studies of the social portrait of students are an urgent problem of science, which has recently acquired special significance in Russian conditions. This is due to those circumstances, which, on the one hand, follow from the special characteristics of students as a specific social group, for which the problems of successful socialization are especially relevant, and on the other, they are dictated by the significant dependence of students on those factors that are formed in the political, economic and the legal space of different regions. In conditions of social transformations and turbulence, almost always young students find themselves in a more difficult situation than older generations. In particular, a number of problems arise on the basis of the divergences and nuances of the social perception of reality, which are formed among students who, to varying degrees, are adapted to the local conditions of the university.Methodology and sources. The theoretical foundation of the study is the concept of youth as a cultural group, the methodology of sociological research of risk and social uncertainty, the works of foreign and national researchers of student youth, which reflect various aspects of students' social life, in particular, the results of a study of the effects of social factors in the information space, new phenomena of youth subcultures, etc., which involve the development of new strategies for a sociological study of the social portrait of young students.Results and discussion. Particular problems of students' socialization arise in those regions of the country where new legal and political realities are forming. Compared with other social groups, in such social spaces, it is more difficult for young people to integrate and join in a new reality, because the usual mechanisms of socialization, formed earlier, are not actual now, and how to achieve full potential in the new social space is not yet clear to everyone. In particular, such contradictions are clearly visible in the Crimean realities, in the university community of Sevastopol. The purpose of the sociological research conducted by the Centre for Sociological Research of Sevastopol State University was to study the characteristics of the social portrait of student youth in Sevastopol, including those representing various groups of students according the period of their residence on the peninsula. For this purpose, two groups of young people were distinguished in the analysis, differing by the period of their residence in Sevastopol: an “indigenous” one – those who live in Sevastopol from birth or moved here at an early age, and a “new” one – those who moved to Sevastopol after 2014. The results of the study made it possible to determine the strategic life goals of university students, which can be described as ambitious: starting a business, acquiring a car and housing, providing material wealth, pursuing career success and self-realization.Conclusion. Most of the “indigenous” youth and “new” residents of the southern capital of Russia have shown their attitude to Sevastopol as a city that they want to develop together. This fact was assessed as a phenomenon of social gratitude: the young generation, who found in Sevastopol the opportunity to live peacefully and fulfill itself, binds itself to the city, but wants to make it better. The study also confirms the relevance of highlighting among students social and demographic groups that differ in the perception of social reality, due to the time spent in this social environment. In particular, this is noted in a higher degree of readiness of “old-timers” for practical participation in changes in social reality – participation in public life, volunteering, etc.

Mass media in the system of political socialization of Russian youth

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Elena Malik
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Information Flows

The article reveals the problem of the influence of media information flows on the processes of political socialization of the young generation in modern Russia. Conditions for activation of social and political potential of young people in conditions of mediatization of Russian society have been identified. The author outlined the main directions for optimizing the information impact of mass media on the political orientation of young citizens.

scholarly journals Family and Education in the Structure of Life Values of Young People of the Republic of Crimea

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Liliya Rozhkova ◽  
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Albina Dubina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Family Values ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Youth Education ◽  
Life Values

The relevance of the study of the value orientations of the young generation of Crimea is of considerable interest due to the low level of knowledge on the part of Russian scientists and due to the need to analyze trends in the basic values of young Crimeans, including in connection with the entry of Crimea into the Russian socio-cultural space. The basic values of the Crimean youth and the value space of young Russians have similar configurations, which are based on family and communication. The authors' interest is focused on the problem of family values and the values of youth education. Family values make up the framework of basic values of young people. A certain type of relationship and upbringing is built in the family, traditions and life experience are passed on. The study of family values of young people is an urgent task in the context of ongoing socio-economic changes in Russian society, the transformation of family values of modern youth. The article deals with family values, family traditions, and attitudes to marriage of modern Crimean youth. Education is the key to successful employment, income growth, and cultural development. According to the author's research in the structure of life values of Crimean youth, education is only on the fifth line of priorities. Family values, health values, material benefits, and the content side of labour top the list of priority life values. Respondents noted that the availability of abilities and their own efforts are the main condition for obtaining a decent level of education. The vast majority of young Crimeans plan to continue their education or engage in self-education. The research results indicate the importance of modernizing institutional conditions for the formation of the educational potential of modern Crimean youth. The empirical base consists of materials obtained as a result of a secondary analysis of data from the sociological study "social potential of youth" (Republic of Crimea, 2018; n = 400).

scholarly journals Perceptions of Moscow University students of social inequality in Russia and in the modern world

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
N. G. Osipova ◽  
S. O. Elishev ◽  
G. B. Pronchev
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
State University ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Political Processes

This paper deals with an analysis of the results of a sociological research aimed at studying the students’ perceptions of the nature and various forms of social inequality that occur in Russia as well as the modern world. The study was conducted in 2019 at the sociology faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, in the framework of regular monitoring (since 2013) of Moscow student youth’ perception of socio-political processes, institutions of socialization and subjects of youth policy. A sociological study was conducted. During the study, 811 students of 50 “humanitarian” and 50 “natural” faculties of higher educational institutions in Moscow were interviewed. 45,6% of young people interviewed were males, and 54,4% were females. 60,4% of the respondents were young people aged 18 to 22 years, 18,9% — from 23 to 26 years old, 13,3% — from 14 to 18 years old, 7,4% — from 27 to 30 years old. The article analyzes the students’ answers to the following questions: Do you think that acute social inequality occurs in the modern world? What reasons underlie social inequality? What, in your opinion, is the cause of social inequality? What types of social inequality are most common in the modern world? What forms and types of social inequality are most common in modern Russian society? How often do you encounter the following manifestations of social inequality? How do you feel about the problem of global social inequality? and a number of others. A detailed analysis of the answers to these and other questions presented in the article showed that social inequality is recognized by students as an urgent social problem, which, unfortunately, the authorities do not pay enough attention to.

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