48%
of parents of high school students planning to enter a university don’t give thought to the fact that their children may end up studying in a different region. Five years ago, the number of such parents was higher at 60%.
Opponents of moving currently believe that their region has good educational institutions (this view is held by 24% of parents of high school students). Others simply do not want to let go of their children (17%).
In addition, some of the respondents admitted that having children live in another region is unacceptably expensive for them (7%). Some believe that their children are not independent enough to live in another city (6%).
These data were obtained from a survey of Russian households that was conducted in the autumn of 2013 as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organizations (MEMO), a study carried out jointly by the Higher School of Economics and the Public Opinion Foundation. A news bulletin on the research is planned for publication in the second half of 2014.
See also:
Beyond Normal: How Society Judges Large Families
Couples with three or more children often feel that others judge or refuse to understand them. Their decision to have many children seems to annoy their extended family, neighbours, colleagues, health professionals and government bureaucrats. Very often, other large families are the only one who offer them support. Based on findings from in-depth interviews, HSE researchers describe the effect that social interactions can have on fertility.
First International Economics Olympiad for High School Students Starts in Moscow
This event was initiated by the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and is supported by the Sberbank Charity Fund ‘Contribution to the Future’ and the New Economic School. A total of 63 contestants from 13 countries are competing in the Olympiad. All of them have passed a rigorous selection process and are national competition winners.
How Children Affect Mother's Career
Mothers of three or more children are four times as likely to be unemployed compared to mothers of one or two children, according to Alina Pishnyak's study 'Employment opportunities and constraints for women in Moscow.'
63%
of Russian families with children are willing to support them until they receive a higher education without counting on them earning money.
2.5 years
is the average difference in age between men and women marrying for the first time in Russia.
20%
of Russians who were born in the 1980s grew up in single-parent families. In the previous generation, this figure was lower at 16%.
Russians Value the Traditional Family
Family is a more significant institution for Russians than it is for residents of a number of other European countries. Amid ongoing demographic modernization – the liberalization of marriage and the emancipation of women – ideas are still popular in Russia concerning the necessity of a stable union, procreation, and the mostly familial function of women, according to Marharyta Fabrykant, Junior Research Fellow with HSE’s Laboratory for Comparative Studies in Mass Consciousness.
18
open lectures on popular science topics are being organized by the HSE Lyceum for high school students in grades 9-11. The first lecture will take place this Saturday, October 18.