Attitudes towards marriage registration by level of education

checked 26.10.2026 · snapshot · rows: 16 · periods: 6 · section: Results of the survey

People with different levels of education hold varying views on the necessity of official relationship registration: for some, a first marriage is mandatory, while a subsequent one is of no importance. Rows specify categories from primary general to complete secondary education. Data were collected as a one-off snapshot, making year-on-year comparison impossible, but revealing a clear link between educational attainment and social attitudes

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Set in numbers

This is a cross-section: 16 series in % across 6 breakdowns. 96 values in total.

The largest value belongs to “no education” — 63.3 %; the smallest is “higher professional education” at 19.1 %. The gap between them is 3.3-fold.

All table numbers are series: 16

Series	Первый — обязательно	Первый — желательно	Первый — нет, не нужно	Повторный — обязательно	Повторный — желательно	Повторный — нет, не нужно
начальное общее (начальное)	37,93	55,53	6,55	28,88	50,29	20,83
основное общее (неполное среднее)	50,76	38,93	10,32	26,89	46,71	26,40
среднее общее (полное общее)	64,85	29,52	5,64	33,65	49,20	17,15
среднее профессиональное	63,52	31,82	4,66	31,80	51,38	16,82
неполное высшее профессиональное (незаконченное высшее)	65,84	32,02	2,14	28,41	56,61	14,97
высшее профессиональное	69,54	27,49	2,97	34,95	50,77	14,28
кадры высшей квалификации (послевузовское)	54,08	33,86	12,06	28,24	47,48	24,28
не имею образования	37,48	23,52	39,00	28,55	9,79	61,67
начальное общее (начальное)	28,39	34,38	37,24	8,49	40,15	51,36
основное общее (неполное среднее)	40,47	43,51	16,02	19,39	41,89	38,73
среднее общее (полное общее)	51,63	38,31	10,06	23,20	45,74	31,06
среднее профессиональное	56,76	36,16	7,07	23,59	50,32	26,10
неполное высшее профессиональное (незаконченное высшее)	41,42	48,33	10,25	18,68	48,47	32,85
высшее профессиональное	63,07	31,70	5,23	28,70	52,16	19,14
кадры высшей квалификации (послевузовское)	61,83	25,91	12,26	35,73	44,35	19,92
не имею образования	56,76	19,75	23,49	10,13	26,58	63,29

How to read this table

Rows are categorized by educational attainment, ranging from primary general to complete secondary education. This allows for a comparison between the views of individuals with minimal schooling and those with a complete secondary education. Column percentages represent the proportion of respondents who selected a specific response regarding first or subsequent marriage, enabling an assessment of the conservatism of various population groups

What is visible in these numbers

The figures are index or percentage values, so they cannot be added up across rows: each one is measured against its own base.

The same indicator in other breakdowns (2)

Period and application

The data reflect the results of a one-off survey and are not tied to a specific time period. Information is presented as percentages of the total number of respondents in each category. These data are useful for sociologists, demographers, and specialists studying the transformation of family values and the social attitudes of various segments of the Russian population

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