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∘ Nino Gomelauri ∘ Tsitsino Gvritishvili ∘
FORMATION OF THE POSITIVE FACE OF A FAMILY IN GEORGIA

Summary

The article deals with the analysis of the formation of the positive face of a family. The family is a foundation of a society and, therefore, it affects the development of the society by such means as the population reproduction, enrichment of its material and spiritual values, and rearing of the future members of the society. The transformation of the social life, which began during the last decades of the twentieth century, had a substantial impact on such significant social institutions as are family and marriage. Demographic statistics depicts the following type of changes of the family institution: family nuclearization, fertility reduction, growth of the share of divorce and incomplete families.

The transformation of the family institution entails the increase in the forms of alternative family. Depopulation is the result of the global transformation of society, change of family’s role, and decrease of the family’s functions, primarily its reproductive function. As compared to 2014, the number of marriages decreased from 31 526 to 23 202 in 2018.

On the other hand, the number of divorces increased from 9 119 to 10 288 during the same years. The mean age at marriage was 27 for women and 29 for men in 2018. The quantity of children aged 0, 1, 2, 3, etc., which was registered during the general population census of 2014, is 15% less than the quantity of those who were registered in 2013 and 2012. We can successfully exploit the colossal power of information-advertisement instruments in order to develop Georgia demographically. Not a single social problem can be solved without exposing the relevant information. The state must encourage the press, radio, film as well as the other means of mass media so as to popularize families with many children.

It is possible to form the positive face of a family and birth rate increase if the state encourages the growth of the families with three and four children. It is necessary for the state to make correct decisions in order to implement the mentioned long-term perspective. However, nowadays, there are more questions than the ways to solve problems. The development of Georgia’s demographic situation with the appropriate family policy must make use of marketing methods, in other words, it must increase the need of having children. In order to get adequate results it is of utmost importance to create motivation for the increased need of having children.

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics International Scientific C O N F E R E N C E S "ECONOMY – XXI CENTURY"

E ISSN 2587 - 4691	∘ Nino Gomelauri ∘ Tsitsino Gvritishvili ∘ FORMATION OF THE POSITIVE FACE OF A FAMILY IN GEORGIA Summary The article deals with the analysis of the formation of the positive face of a family. The family is a foundation of a society and, therefore, it affects the development of the society by such means as the population reproduction, enrichment of its material and spiritual values, and rearing of the future members of the society. The transformation of the social life, which began during the last decades of the twentieth century, had a substantial impact on such significant social institutions as are family and marriage. Demographic statistics depicts the following type of changes of the family institution: family nuclearization, fertility reduction, growth of the share of divorce and incomplete families. The transformation of the family institution entails the increase in the forms of alternative family. Depopulation is the result of the global transformation of society, change of family’s role, and decrease of the family’s functions, primarily its reproductive function. As compared to 2014, the number of marriages decreased from 31 526 to 23 202 in 2018. On the other hand, the number of divorces increased from 9 119 to 10 288 during the same years. The mean age at marriage was 27 for women and 29 for men in 2018. The quantity of children aged 0, 1, 2, 3, etc., which was registered during the general population census of 2014, is 15% less than the quantity of those who were registered in 2013 and 2012. We can successfully exploit the colossal power of information-advertisement instruments in order to develop Georgia demographically. Not a single social problem can be solved without exposing the relevant information. The state must encourage the press, radio, film as well as the other means of mass media so as to popularize families with many children. It is possible to form the positive face of a family and birth rate increase if the state encourages the growth of the families with three and four children. It is necessary for the state to make correct decisions in order to implement the mentioned long-term perspective. However, nowadays, there are more questions than the ways to solve problems. The development of Georgia’s demographic situation with the appropriate family policy must make use of marketing methods, in other words, it must increase the need of having children. In order to get adequate results it is of utmost importance to create motivation for the increased need of having children.