Sigareva, E. P., Sivoplyasova, S. Yu. (2023), The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reproductive behaviour of the Russian population: statistical and sociological analysis, Research Result. Sociology and Management, 9 (3), 69-88, DOI: 10.18413 ...

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Abstract

The relevance of the stated topic is related to the need to summarise the results of more than three years of coronavirus infection and assess its impact on current fertility trends The ambiguity of the conclusions regarding the transformation of reproductive behaviour and the attribution of this process to the pandemic necessitates a more detailed study of this issue. The scientific problem consisted in the develop- ment of research approaches that allow solving theoretical and applied tasks to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reproductive behaviour of the population in modern Russia. The aim of the research is to assess the nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reproductive behavior of the Russian population on the basis of statistical and sociological approaches. Methods. Traditional methods of sci- entific research were used in the work: analysis, synthesis, grouping, comparison, gen- eralization, structural and graphic methods. Sociological methods, such as an express survey and in-depth interview, made it possible to supplement the statistical analysis with field research materials. Research Results. On the basis of statistical data in com- bination with empirical data from sociological studies, it is proved that the impact of the pandemic on the reproductive behaviour of the Russian population turned out to be less pronounced than previously assumed. Without diminishing the role of corona- virus infection in the formation of current fertility trends, the authors made an attempt to identify the dependence of the reproductive behaviour of the Russian population on longer and more diverse factors that have a more significant impact in the long run.Conclusions. Reproductive behaviour of the Russian population, being a multifactorial phenomenon, was transformed insignificantly due to the pandemic. In our opinion, the transformation of reproductive behaviour of the population is slower than one could imagine at the beginning of the pandemic crisis. Probably, cardinal changes in repro- ductive motivation and its implementation depend more on global civilisational changes than on a short, though dangerous for humanity, pandemic crisis. The pro- spects of the study are focused not only on a more detailed assessment of the impact of coronavirus infection on the processes of fertility and reproductive behavior of the population, but also on the possibility of separating the pandemic factor from other factors affecting negative trends in fertility. Particular attention may be directed to the compensating role of demographic policy during the period of coronavirus infection.