Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Assisted Reproductive Technologies through the Eyes of Russians

  • Published:
Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Recent decades have seen a rapid development of medical technologies, including reproductive technologies. However, it remains unclear what the scale and need for the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Russia are. In order to clarify this issue, at the end of 2019 and beginning of 2020, a sociological study “The Demographic Well-Being of Russia” was undertaken, the sample size of which was 5308 people.

The analysis of the findings indicates that a stable need for assisted reproductive technologies has formed due to both the state of health of certain groups of the population and the currently widespread models of reproductive behavior associated, in particular, with an increase in the age of women at childbirth. However, there is a significant regional differentiation in the perception of new reproductive technologies; in addition, barriers to their use in many cases are the cost of procedures and doubts about their effectiveness. At the same time, the role of public opinion and religious norms in perceiving assisted reproductive technologies is very insignificant.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1.
Fig. 2.

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. R. V. Nifantova, “Reproductive technologies in solving infertility problems as social innovations in the health care system,” Nauch. Zap. Zabaikal. Gos. Univ., No. 4, 96–100 (2013).

  2. N. E. Rusanova, “Childless family in Russia: State policy and choice of spouses,” Trud Sots. Otn., No. 8, 91–97 (2009).

  3. H. L. Feng and J. Qiao, “Assisted reproductive technology in China: Compliance and non-compliance,” Transl. Pediatr. 3 (2), 91–97 (2014). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729105/. Cited January 25, 2021.

  4. J. C. Hsu, Y.-C. Su, B.-Y. Tang, and C. Y. Lu, “Use of assisted reproductive technologies before and after the Artificial Reproduction Act in Taiwan,” PLoS ONE 13 (11), e0206208 (2018). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30383814/. Cited January 25, 2021.

  5. N. E. Rusanova, “Assisted reproductive technologies in modern demographic policy,” in Strategic Objectives of Demographic Development: Priorities and Regional Features. Tenth Valenteev Readings: Collection of Reports, Ed. by O. S. Chudinovskikh, I. A. Troitskaya, and A. V. Stepanova (Ekon. Fak. MGU im. M.V. Lomonosova, Moscow, 2020), pp. 85–89 [in Russian].

  6. Russian Register of ART, 2016. http://rahr.ru/registr_otchet.php. Cited January 25, 2021.

  7. Number of abortions (indicator value per year). https://rosstat.gov.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/zdrav/zdra36_bd.htm. Cited January 25, 2021.

  8. C. Wyns, C. Bergh, C. Calhaz-Jorge, et al., “ART in Europe, 2016: Results generated from European registries by ESHRE,” Hum. Reprod. Open, No. 3 (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32760812/. Cited January 25, 2021.

  9. E. S. Bogomyagkova and M. V. Lomonosova, “Assisted reproductive technologies: New forms of social inequality,” Zh. Sotsiol. Sots. Antropol. 20 (3), 180–198 (2017).

    Google Scholar 

  10. N. E. Rusanova, “Family planning in Russia today: Abortion or IVF?,” in National Demographic Priorities: New Approaches, Trends, Ser. Demography. Sociology. Economy, Ed. by S. V. Ryazantsev and T. K. Rostovskaya (Ekon-Inform, Moscow, 2019), pp. 312–315 [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  11. E. V. Zemlyanova, “Potential birth loss due to health-related problems in Russia,” Soc. Asp. Popul. Health, No. 2 (2016). http://vestnik.mednet.ru/content/view/742/30/lang,en/. Cited April 21, 2021.

  12. N. E. Rusanova, Reproductive Opportunities for Demographic Development (Sputnik+, Moscow, 2008) [in Russian].

    Google Scholar 

  13. S. A. Luchko and S. I. Mikhalevich, “Multiple pregnancies after assisted reproduction techniques: Controversial issues,” Med. Novosti, No. 4 (2018). https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/mnogoplodie-posle-primeneniya-metodov-vspomogatelnoy-reproduktsii-spornye-voprosy. Cited January 26, 2021.

  14. N. S. Trifonova, E. V. Zhukova, A. I. Ishchenko, and L. S. Aleksandrov, “Surrogacy: A historical overview: Features of the course of pregnancy and childbirth,” Ross. Vestn. Akushera-Ginekologa, No. 2, 49–55 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. S. V. Alborov, “Legal relations in the field of surrogacy,” Aktual. Probl. Ross. Prava, No. 5, 142–146 (2017).

    Google Scholar 

  16. M. E. Lantsburg and D. A. Polupanova, “The nature of the interaction of mothers with young children conceived with IVF,” in International Symposium “L.S. Vygotsky and Modern Childhood”: Collection of Abstracts, Ed. by K. N. Polivanova (Vyssh. Shkol. Ekon., Moscow, 2017), pp. 144–145 [in Russian].

  17. S. V. Rishchuk, T. A. Dushenkova, and V. E. Mirskii, “Assisted reproductive technologies and public health,” Med. Al’manakh, No. 4, 71–74 (2014).

    Google Scholar 

  18. J. C. Kirkman-Brown and M. V. Martins, “Genes versus children: If the goal is parenthood, are we using the optimal approach?,” Hum. Reprod. 35 (1), 5–11 (2020). https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/35/1/5/5698586. Cited January 26, 2021.

  19. N. E. Rusanova, “Reproductive health dynamics and prospects for increasing the birth rate in Russia,” in International Scientific and Practical Conference “Health As a Resource: V. 2.0,” Ed. by Z. Kh. Saralieva (OOO Nauch.-Issled. Sotsiol. Tsentr, Nizhny Novgorod, 2019), pp. 180–182 [in Russian].

  20. C. Eriksson, M. Larsson, A. S. Svanberg, and T. Tyden, “Reflections on fertility and postponed parenthood: Interviews with highly educated women and men without children in Sweden,” Upsala J. Med. Sci., No. 118, 122–129 (2013). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234103675_Reflections_on_fertility_and_postponed_parenthood_-_Interviews_with_highly_educated_women_and_men_without_children_in_Sweden. Cited January 26, 2021.

  21. K. MacDougall, Y. Beyene, and R. D. Nachtigall, “Age shock: Misperceptions of the impact of age on fertility before and after IVF in women who conceived after age 40,” Hum. Reprod., No. 28, 350–356 (2013). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23203214/. Cited January 26, 2021.

  22. A. L. Greil, K. Slauson-Blevins, and J. McQuillan, “The experience of infertility: A review of recent literature,” Sociol. Health Illn., No. 32, 140–162 (2010). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20003036/. Cited January 26, 2021.

  23. P. Campbell, “Boundaries and risk: Media framing of assisted reproductive technologies and older mothers,” Soc. Sci. Med., No. 72, 265–272 (2011). https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/socmed/v72y2011i2p265-272.html. Cited January 26, 2021.

  24. J. Everywoman, “Cassandra’s prophecy: Why we need to tell the women of the future about age-related fertility decline and ‘delayed’ childbearing,” Reprod. BioMed. Online, No. 27, 4–10 (2013). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23673191/. Cited January 26, 2021.

  25. T. A. Mills, R. Lavender, and T. Lavender, “‘Forty is the new twenty’: An analysis of British media portrayals of older mothers,” Sexual Reprod. Healthcare, No. 6, 88–94 (2015). https://www.pubfacts.com/detail/25998876/Forty-is-the-new-twenty-An-analysis-of-British-media-portrayals-of-older-mothers/. Cited January 26, 2021.

  26. D. Chauhan, E. Jackson, and J. C. Harper, “Childless by circumstance: Using an online survey to explore the experiences of childless women who had wanted children,” Reprod. BioMed. Soc. Online, No. 12, 44–55 (2021).

    Google Scholar 

  27. N. E. Rusanova, “Cross-border reproductive assistance: Fertility, migration, institutional regulation,” in Lomonosov Readings 2020: Section of Economic Sciences: Economic Agenda of the 2020s: Collection of Abstracts (Ekon. Fak. MGU im. M.V. Lomonosova, Moscow, 2020), pp. 602–603 [in Russian].

  28. Selective observation data of reproductive plans of the population. https://gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/RPN/Publisher/index.html/. Cited January 26, 2021.

  29. Selective observation data of behavioral factors affecting the health status of the population. https://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/ZDOR/Factors2018_2812/index.html/. Cited January 26, 2021.

Download references

Funding

This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 20-18-00256, “Demographic Behavior of the Population in the Context of Russia’s National Security.”

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Demographic Research, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    T. K. Rostovskaya & O. V. Kuchmaeva

  2. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    O. V. Kuchmaeva

Authors
  1. T. K. Rostovskaya
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. O. V. Kuchmaeva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to T. K. Rostovskaya or O. V. Kuchmaeva.

Additional information

Translated by B. Alekseev

Tamara Kerimovna Rostovskaya, Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), is a Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute for Demographic Research, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IDR FCTAS RAS), a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Political Science. Oksana Viktorovna Kuchmaeva, Dr. Sci. (Econ.), is Chief Researcher at IDR FCTAS RAS and a Professor in the Department of Population at Moscow State University (MSU).

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Rostovskaya, T.K., Kuchmaeva, O.V. Assisted Reproductive Technologies through the Eyes of Russians. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 91, 578–586 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331621050063

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331621050063

Keywords:

Search

Navigation