Transformation of the Family Values of Youth in Russia in the Post-Soviet Period

Many researchers share the idea that people from various generations have some differences in the field of human values ​​in general and family values ​​in particular. In the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet period, material support is provided for families of various categories in order to improve the demographic situation in the country. On the example of a group of Russian youth aged 18 to 30 years, the presented research study examined changes in attitudes towards family and marriage from 1999 to 2017. The study used data from the European Values ​​Survey (EVS). The study was carried out as part of a quantitative methodology. A regression analysis was performed to examine exactly how age affects family values. It was assumed that young people, in comparison with the older population, consider such qualities as loyalty and mutual assistance (the ability to share household chores, be faithful to each other and have children), living conditions (adequate salary, good living conditions) as the most important in family life, and the presence of gender roles, on the contrary, is assessed as a less significant component of family values ​​and marriage in general. The analysis revealed that the probability of evaluating such aspects as loyalty and mutual assistance by young people as a more important part of family life compared with the adult population occured only in 1999. The remaining hypotheses of the study have not been confirmed.