title: Soviet women and the autonomous family.
abstract: "The USSR family is changing in form from that of a social collectivity, a bedrock conception to socialism, to that of an autonomous family.  Autonomy discloses a lack of homogeneity, an independence of choices over life-styles and a flexibility toward an interpretation given to the meaning of a socialistic state.  Women are exceedingly active in making greater use of their legal rights to divorce and abortion and demanding equal status with men both in the workplace and in the home.  Women are initiating major social changes, are readily adapting to changing relations and patterns in a complex society and are serving to spearhead changes in the family unit.  These factors have generated major changes in the normative, behavioral and structural dimensions of marriage and family life in the Soviet Union."
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imbrogno
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Imbrogno
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D001519:Behavior; D019049:Developed Countries; D004243:Divorce; D004467:Economics; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005193:Family Planning Services; D008019:Life Style; D008393:Marriage; D011056:Political Systems; D012922:Social Change; D012950:Socialism; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014586:USSR; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Abortion, Induced; Behavior--changes; Developed Countries; Divorce; Economic Factors; Family And Household--changes; Family Characteristics; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Life Style--changes; Marriage--changes; Nuptiality; Political Systems; Social Change; Socialism; Socioeconomic Factors; Ussr; Women's Status--changes