Youth in the Russian Provinces

Abstract

Social welfare problems in the town of Nerekhta in Kostroma region are outlined using survey data. Issues of housing, wages, youth employment, and leisure, as well as health and interethnic relations are analyzed. The author suggests greater publicity for existing social support programs and differentiates male and female responses.

Notes

English copyright © 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, from the Russian text “Problemy molodezhi russkoi provintsii (na primere g. Nerekhty Kostromskoi oblasti). ”Natalia A. Belova is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences. The research was supported by RGNF 14-01-00387 “Sotsiokul'turnye strategii molodezhi v rossiiskoi gorodskoi provintsii (2000–2015). ”Translated by Stephan Lang.

^1. A form of state support for Russian families raising children. This support is being rendered from 1 January 2007 upon the birth or adoption of a second, third, or subsequent child, conditioned on having Russian citizenship. The maternal capital fund comprised 408,960.5 rubles in 2013.