The student family union as a specific socio-demographic type of family

The article deals with the student family union as a specific socio-demographic type of family that falls into the risk group. The author notes the lack of such a subject as the student family union in a variety of classifications of the family. The paper provides a definition of the student family union concept and describes it in the context of family crisis in the Russian Federation and the public policy aimed at the protection of maternity, family and children.