The contemporary student family: special feature and the problem of the functioning

The article analyzes sociological research of student's family conducted by modern scholars in Russia and in the Republic of Buryatia. There are the distinctive features of the student's family: homogeneity, stability, high level of adaptation, a large percentage of inter-ethnic marriages among students. The life plans, values for both spouses in the student's family are studied too. Also we have data on attitudes of students and scholars to this form of marriage as cohabitation, which from year to year increasingly spreading among young students. The author analyzes the housing problem of student's family, it is noted that the size of the dwelling, the level of its utilities comfort are in the basis of the modern life of a young family, in carrying out its main functions, the most important function is reproductive function.