INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Uncertain personal finances and the national economic climate are among Russians' top reasons for delaying or forgoing having children,
polled respondents from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and allowed participants to choose up to five factors that influence their
crises or environmental issues was cited by 41%, while 39% referred to the economic situation in Russia.About one-quarter of the respondents
monthly allowances per child.Roughly half of the respondents indicated that additional state maternity capital payments would encourage them
to have more children.Currently, the state offers families 677,000 rubles ($7,000) for the birth of the first child, and an additional
housing, inadequate preschool systems and health concerns related to childbirth.Yelena Churilova, a research fellow at the International
Laboratory for Population and Health Studies, said that Russians have been identifying financial constraints as the main factor in family
