good afternoon ekaterina anna iosifovna yashchuk candidate of economic sciences expert in the field ofamily policy and demography let's start with the family itself. yes, let's figure out what it is from a scientific point of view, a family is a whole institution from an economic standpoint - this is a separate the household. you can say so, but, of course, the family is a cell in which each of the members of this cell performs certain roles. and, probably, what social model this or that country adheres to, respectively, in a family in this country, a certain model will probably prevail, since it has already been said that in every country. yes, each region has its own model. this is what it is like in belarus and, uh, has it changed over the years for centuries? well, of course, firstly, if we take purely theoretical models that exist, there are various classifications. we will not go into depth, but the models are classified depending on the degree of support for the participation of the state, namely the alignment of the so -called family policy. of these, it is directed and pursues