Rural Birthrate In The Altai Territory: Objective Factors And Territorial Loyalty

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the extent to which the Altai Territory rural areas population's birthrate is determined by objective socio-economic factors and to what extent subjective perceptual processes determine the birthrate of the Altai Territory rural areas population due to territorial loyalty. The study's information base was quantitative statistical data and interviews with residents of rural settlements of the Altai Territory. As a result of the correlation analysis of the Altai Territory rural areas' socio-economic indicators, it was impossible to confirm the hypothesis about its relationship with the birth rate, except that a higher birth rate is observed in areas characterized by a larger production volume. As a result of the analysis of interviews with residents of this region, a list of the main subjective factors influencing the population's birth rate was determined. In addition, residents' individual statements allow us to assert that the phenomenon of territorial loyalty really exists.