FATHERHOOD in RUSSIA презентация

Moscow, Institute on Socio-Economic Studies of the Population
Presented at the seminar in Vardinge (Sweeden) in July 2016
SAfE project – Solidarity Action for Equality

thousands of parents lose their parental rights. As the result 200- 220 children each day become orphans
700 thousands of children are now in the boarding houses
37 thousands of children don’t have elementary education and 22,5 children are illiterate
Only in Moscow there are 60 thousands of street-children4 in Russia 5-7 millions
90 thousands of children every year run away from home because of the maltreatment: 10% of them commit suicide
Each day 1500 of divorces is registered in Russia

Russian context November-December 2015

sample size is 790 men
Targeted group: men of 18-49 ages

54% of the respondents had children:

54% - 1 child
37,5 % - 2 children
6,5% - 3 children
2% - 4 children

room

34,8% were at home
6,7% were out of the city or lived in a different place
26, 2 were at work
16,4% were inside the hospital

did not want to be present during the delivery
21,6% said that the wife or her family did not want husband to be present
3,3% wanted to be present but were not allowed

4,7% of men said that they felt fear

took a leave

Out of them
27,4% had paid leave for 1 day
44,4% had unpaid leave for 1 day
14,5% - had one week of paid leave
11,1% - had one week of unpaid leave

about a child by themselves
88% did it with the wife
1,3% did it with the other relatives or adult people

newly born child helped them in future to have more close relationships
34,1% were not sure
3% said “no”

More close relationships

want

pregnant
60% visited the doctor with the wife several times



25% of men never visited the doctor with the pregnant wife

Visiting the doctor

men took joint decisions with wives about making abortion

38% of men gave money for abortion

28,6% of men accompanied their wives to abortion because they needed moral support

to time

31% helped rarely or never

than one answer)

domestic cores

caring for the children mainly means that they help their wife as needed.

This position is far from active fatherhood and means low investment into
intellectual
psychological and
physical development of children.

The proportion of men who want to interact actively with their children constitutes slightly over than the third part of the sample – 37,7%.

2001) fathers can take 5 days of unpaid leave after the birth of the child

29,7% of the respondents said that they knew about this - YES

52,5% of the respondents said that they did no know about this – NO

17,8% of the respondents said that there is no such LAW – DOES NOT EXIST

parents or relatives can get child care leave for three years after the birth delivery.

During the first 1,5 months the state provides a benefit to a person with social insurance which is equal to 40% of her/his average salary. The next 1,5 years there is no benefit.

Benefits are provided by the Fund of the social insurance at the working place of a person who requested the child’s leave (part. 1 statue. 11.1 of the Federal Law of 29.12.2006 N 255).

19,5% of the respondents think that the leave is less than one week

26,4% consider that it is from one year to 1,5 year

32,9% said that the leave is available until three years

7 days

1 year

1,5 year

3 years

divorce

Table 7

Yakutiya

2008
Seven regions celebrate the Father’s Day

2012
Moscow, St-Petersburg, Petrozavodsk celebrate the Father’s Day

heard and 2,6% of them were involved into information campaigns

8% did not answer

of Population

Dr. Marina Malysheva
E-mail: Malysheva-08@mail.ru

Dr. Marina Parker
E-mail: marinapparker@gmail.com