the article presents an analysis of the economic foundations of the variability of models of generative behavior of Russian men. A hypothesis of research is a connection between the contribution to the material support of the family and the implementation of parenting functions, supported by reasons that are objective from the point of view of the family and causing the preservation of patriarchal stereotypes when building parent-matrimonial relations. The information base of the study was a qualitative sociological study on the generative behavior of men conducted in the Vologda region and the Republic of Tatarstan in 2019. A typology of models of behavior of modern fathers are proposed, depending on their contribution to the material support of the family, five types typical for complete families are distinguished. The developed typology is a hypothesis, it will be studied during a mass survey of men with using economic and mathematical methods.