Family

Question 1

Family code of 1918

Answer 1

Woemn more rightd in marriage
Divorce easier
Abortion legalised

Question 2

How many marriages led to divorce in Moscow?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

In Moscow, abortions outnumbered live births by…

Answer 3

3:1

Question 4

What did Stalin’s laws do?

Answer 4

More conservative and restored importance of traditional family

Question 5

Some measures Stalin

Answer 5

Divorce more expensive 4 - 50
Gay illegal
Anortion outlawed
But pregg women guaranteed job security and right for lighter work
Maternity leave extended 16 weeks and more resources for creches and day care centres nurseries doubled 1928-30

Question 6

How were traditional values reasserted and strengthening of family

Answer 6

Awards for mother heroines 10 or more kids
Tax on single ppl to encourage marriage
Divorce made more complicated

Question 7

How were women viewed under Khrushchev?

Answer 7

Women encouraged to care for the family and look after the household, as well as undertake full employ, double burden

Question 8

How did Khrushchev lessen strain on the family?

Answer 8

Increased provision of social benefits like housing and childcare.

Question 9

What was the problem with K’s social benefits?

Answer 9

Inadequate and women encouraged to care for kids

Question 10

Another method that reduced strain on family?

Answer 10

Abortion legalised in 1955 to reduce financial strain

Question 11

What continuation occurred under Brez and Khrush?

Answer 11

Social policy and promotion of the family

Question 12

What was different Khrush-Brez?

Answer 12

Govt’s awareness of social problems and attempts to address them

Question 13

By 1982, what had the rate of population growth declined to?

Answer 13

0.8%

Question 14

In 1970, how many children did avg family have?

Answer 14

2.4

Question 15

What did declining population growth put pressure on?

Answer 15

Economically productive members of fam to support old and sick

Question 16

What was discussed in early 1980s?

Answer 16

Use differentiated family allowances to encourage bigger families and ‘birth incentives’
To give women several yrs off work after giving birth

Question 17

What happened after the sustained progress in the provision of housing in 1970s?

Answer 17

Less strained relationships, single-family occupancy of apartments and flats

Question 18

What was still an issue in terms of housing?

Answer 18

Overcrowding

Question 19

By the end of 1982, how much litres of spirits was the avg Soviet adult consuming?

Answer 19

18 litres of spirit, nearly double figure for 1970

Question 20

How many deaths did alcohol play a role in early 1980s? The

Answer 20

Quarter of all deaths

Question 21

How did alcoholism undermine the family and what did govt do abt it?

Answer 21

High lvls of domestic abuse and divorce

Health campaigns warning abt danger but shops rarely short of cheap vodka

Question 22

What was done in an effort to combat marriages made in haste?

Answer 22

The Family Code of 1968 required couples to give 1 month’s notice before a wedding could take place.

Question 23

What were the restrictions made to divorce?

Answer 23

Illegal to divorce preg woman or within year of birth of child

Question 24

Why were there restrictions on divorce?

Answer 24

Over 1/3 of all marriages ended in divorce

Question 25

Why did the attempts by the govt to replace the traditional family unit with a collective approach fail?

Answer 25

Inadequacies of social policy and recognition that support mechanisms provided by family acted as a major force for social stability

Question 26

When was the realisation that traditional families good for social stability?

Answer 26

Stalin’s ‘Great Retreat’ 1936

Question 27

What under Brez was largely a continuation of that of Khrush?

Answer 27

Social policy but biggest change was seriousness of social policies