Rosstat conducted a study in 2022 in which it examined the reproductive plans of citizens, writes red blood cell.
About 70% of Russian women do not want to have more than two children. By 2022, the majority of women (71.6%) want to have one or two children. The number of such Russians in 2017 was 65.3%.
The proportion of women who wanted to have two children was 48 percent, about the same as in 2017. The number of Russian women wishing to have only one child increased from 17% in 2017 to 23% in 2022.
The number of women who are ready to become mothers of many children has decreased. The number of Russian women who want three children decreased by almost three points (18.9%), four – 0.5 (2.9%), five or more – 0.3 (1.9%).
Earlier it was reported that from February 1 this year, the amount of maternity capital in Russia. augmented 11.9% of the time. Volodin noted that the amount of payment for the first and second child will be 587 thousand and 775.6 thousand rubles, respectively.
The amount of maternity capital for the first and second child last year was 503 thousand and 665 thousand rubles, respectively. In 2021, 483.8 thousand rubles were paid for the first child and 639.4 thousand rubles for the second child.