Formation Factors of Reproductive Practices of Young Families

Abstract

The analysis of the peculiarities of contemporary youth reproductive practices formation is presented in the article. The focus is made on strengthening the influence of the secondary socialization agents, the transformation of the traditional structure of contemporary families and the increasing the level of intragroup pressure. Certain types of reproductive practices based on the implementation of a certain way of reproduction transformed patterns are identified and substantiated. The author emphasizes that patterns act as original reference patterns of reproduction that indirectly form the type of reproductive practice, in particular, such as the nucleation of young families under the conditions of neolocation. It is noted that the study of the structural characteristics of reproductive behavior allows to identify the social determinants of the conditions for the reproductive behavior of young families implementation at the level of qualitative indicators of fertility. That is very important in the context of a constricted reproduction, which is the main strategy of reproduction not only in Ukraine, but also in the most developed countries during the last decades.