Family traditions in Russia and Great Britain

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Family traditions in Russiaand Great Britain

• Ershova Elena
• 10 class

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• Family was always one of the most important
  peoples values.
• Its not surprise, because all uf us are
  connected with family. From our childhood to our
  old ages.
• So the theme of family traditions, family
  holidays is very actual.
• My project is about families of Russia and Great
  Britain.
• I will try to tell you about the main traditions,
  structures of families.

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Family as a value

• We can talk about importance of family only if we
  see the place, that is devoted for it by people
  among all values.
• You can see the the chart of the most important
  values for England people.

Values Very important important not important
work 58 32 10
family 84 13 3
friends 40 48 12
Free time 32 49 19
politics 7 27 66
religion 20 30 50
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Family as a value
Values Very important important not important
work 58 32 10
family 76 15 9
friends 40 48 12
Free time 32 49 19
politics 7 27 66
religion 20 30 50

• The chart with Russian peoples answers

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Relations to marriage and family
Countries Prefer free relationships Think that its not necessary to have both parents for a normal childs developing
Great Britain 27 37
Russia 21 5
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Changes in statistics

• There are some changes in family
  statistics. They are characteristic for Russia
  and also for Great Britain.
• We can see decreas of marriages strength
  and increase of unofficial marriages. Also there
  are decrease of natality and increase of
  irregular children quantity. Scientists call
  all these changes Second Demographic
  Transition. They started talking about the most
  importantg family mutations. There is even a
  specific system of these changes. They were
  imaged in many publications.
• These changes were analysed by Volkov, Vishnevski
  and Pochinok and Russia, and by Sternberg in
  Great Britain.

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Relations to some statements of family( parts of
agreeable with each statement in )
Statement G.Britan Russia
Child can sprout only in full family ( mother father ) 69 84
Womens life is sterling, if she has a child 24 78
Marriage is not actual in present-day world 21 17
Women can be understanded if she wants to nurse a child herself ( - father) 39 46
Its a parents debt to make everything for their children 66 63
Abortion is normal, if people dont want to have children 65 62