Views of female students on the future professional and family life

Abstract

The family is an important value for women in the hierarchy of the axiological system. The model of a traditional family where the father works professionally and the mother brings up the children is a thing of the past. There is a significant increase in the employment of women (including wives and mothers) not only because of economic needs. They also have aspirations to achieve a professional career. The aim of the study was to find out the views of women (female students) in the area of their future professional and family lives. The research adopted the method of a diagnostic survey, including the survey and interview technique. 142 women (female students) took part in the research which was conducted in the Łódź region in the first quarter of 2019. The study results prove that family and work, including professional career, are of equal values for the surveyed women. Their structure of their future family will be formed with one or two children. Most of the surveyed women from urban environments (19.2%) as compared to rural environments (12.5%) want to achieve success at work, including a professional career, in their future lives. The above-mentioned components in the future life of the surveyed women in the form of the structure of their family, work and professional career allow for the formulation of a view on the further transformation of a family life model in its functions, structure and social parenting roles.