Longitudinal research of the Belarusian family on the methodology of the «Generations and gender» programme

Authors

  • Andrei А. Belov Great Stone Industrial Park, 18 Piekinski Avenue, 222210, Minsk Region, Smaliavichi District, Belarus
  • Alesya A. Pokhomova Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Larisa А. , Soglaeva Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Larisa V. Filinskaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

comparative research, programme «Generations and gender», longitudinal data, research methodology, field diaries
Supporting Agencies
The study was prepared within the framework of the project «Strengthening the scientific and educational potential of the Republic of Belarus in the field of collection, analysis and use of demographic data for achieving the sustainable development goals», implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus in partnership with the UN Population Fund and funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Abstract

The article presents the methodical and organisational features of the second wave of the longitudinal research «Family formation, stability of family relations and fertility in changing socio-economic conditions of Belarusians», conducted by the Centre for Sociological and Political Researches of the Belarusian State University in 2023. The content of each stage of the sociological research is presented with a list of the problems faced by the researchers. The features of working with the panel within the framework of a longitudinal study, the reasons for the unavailability of the panel respondents during repeated measurements are noted (the overall panel achievability level has exceeded 20 %). Much attention was paid to the formation, training and support of field personnel (166 interviewers were involved). Fragments of interviewers’ field diaries are presented, they reflect the main problems of conducting field work. The scientific and practical significance of the research results in the analysis of demographic processes in the country is noted.

Author Biographies

  • Andrei А. Belov, Great Stone Industrial Park, 18 Piekinski Avenue, 222210, Minsk Region, Smaliavichi District, Belarus

    PhD (sociology); branch director of the LLC «InCata Product Development»

     

  • Alesya A. Pokhomova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (sociology), docent; associate professor at the department of sociology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

     

  • Larisa А. , Soglaeva, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; leading sociologist at the Centre for Sociological and Political Researches

     

  • Larisa V. Filinskaya, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (philosophy), docent; associate professor at the department of sociology, faculty of philosophy and social sciences

     

References

  1. Rotman DG, Emeri T. Belarus’: struktura sem’i, semeinye otnosheniya, reproduktivnoe povedenie. Tom 1, Metodologiya i opyt provedeniya issledovaniya «Pokoleniya i gender» [Belarus: family structure, family relations, reproductive behaviour. Volume 1, Methodology and experience of the research «Generations and gender»]. Minsk: Belsens; 2018. Russian.
  2. Tereshchenko O, Kuchera T. Belarus’: struktura sem’i, semeinye otnosheniya, reproduktivnoe povedenie. Tom 2, Analiz rezul’tatov issledovaniya «Pokoleniya i gender» [Belarus: family structure, family relations, reproductive behaviour. Volume 2, Analysis of the results of the study «Generations and gender»]. Minsk: Belsens; 2018. Russian.

Downloads

Published

2024-04-10

Issue

No. 1 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology

Section

From the Working Table of a Sociologist

License

The authors who are published in this journal agree to the following:

  1. The authors retain copyright on the work and provide the journal with the right of first publication of the work on condition of license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial. 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
  2. The authors retain the right to enter into certain contractual agreements relating to the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work (e.g. post it on the institutional repository, publication in the book), with the reference to its original publication in this journal.
  3. The authors have the right to post their work on the Internet (e.g. on the institutional store or personal website) prior to and during the review process, conducted by the journal, as this may lead to a productive discussion and a large number of references to this work. (See The Effect of Open Access.)

How to Cite

[1]
Belov A.А. et al. 2024. Longitudinal research of the Belarusian family on the methodology of the «Generations and gender» programme. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 1 (Apr. 2024), 74–81.