ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION OF LARGE FAMILIES: THE REGIONAL DIMENSION

During the twentieth century, in all developed countries, several waves of fertility decline were observed, determined by various historical events and socioeconomic cataclysms. These regression processes formed a one-family model of the family in society. The purpose of the work is to study the features of the functioning of a large family in the context of its social and economic situation. Methods of research - analysis of data from current statistical records and population censuses, selective surveys on the number of large families, the specifics of their regional distribution, and their socio-economic situation. The authors carried out a comparative analysis of the structure and level of consumer spending, the amount of cash and in-kind means available to households to finance their consumption and create savings; the level of employment of women. The families with many children are differentiated by sources of means of subsistence, types of social support, sources of their incomes are determined.