Apanovich, M.Yu. & Sivoplyasova, S.Yu. (2023) Reproduction of the model of women’s migration behavior in child generations. Vestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta – Tomsk State University Journal. 491. рр. 55–63. (In Russian). doi: 10.17223 ...

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Abstract

The collapse of the Soviet Union not only created the defragmentation situation in the society, but also affected the behavioral patterns of the youngsters. The article analyzes the possible reproduction of the women migra- tion behavior model in child generations. Based on the use of demographic and socio-psychological approaches to the selection of generations, the author of this study examined the features of migration of representatives of two living generations. A number of socioeconomic factors such as technological progress, globalization, and feminization are among the features impacting modern migration. More and more women are actively involved in the displacement process. In this regard, it is important to determine the factors that affect their migration behavior. The author proceeded from the assumption that the formation of migratory behavior of the younger generation is influenced not only by external factors, but also by generation determinants. The research lies in the correlation of the existing demographic patterns of migration and their relationship with the generation and behavioral theories, and aims to illuminate the “new verge” of the behavior aspects of generation theories and give the new guidelines for the modern migration flows management, especially flows of younger women. This study is intended to complement existing research in the field of migration behavior of various generations. This work is based on existing theoretical approaches and uses statistical and sociological data on migration in Russia (and the Soviet Union). It is interdisciplinary in nature, since it combines data on demographics, sociology, and partly psychology (in the context of identifying behavioral characteristics). The aim of the study is to substantiate the existence of continuity in the models of migratory behavior of womenbelonging to different generations. Based on the aim, the work implements two approaches to understanding the concept of generation. Quantitative results of the study prove that the model of migration behavior of the Baby Boomers gen- eration (according to the census statistics of 1979) is not completely repeated in the chold generation of the millenials (according to the 2010 census statistics). The “maternal” generation, in spite of the more closed system of the external borders of the state, possessed sufficient migration activity. Socio-political factors that influenced their behavioral char- acteristics include the “Soviet thaw”, space exploration, and the Cold War. The child generation was formed during the period of economic and political reforms in the country, as well as during the fall of the Iron Curtain. The factors that influenced them include an increase in the centers of anxiety and conflict in the world, the emergence of a Schengen free movement zone, and the massive spread of the Internet and mobile phones. Psychologically, the generations are simulta- neously characterized by naivety and responsibility, focus on the result and the desire to receive it as soon as possible, which, of course, affects the directions and the amount of their involvement in migration processes. The individual char- acteristics of the generations form changes, including the migration behavior of their representatives. The feminization of modern migration processes confirms the need for a more detailed consideration of behavioral characteristics within the generations.