Types of political consciousness and behavior of Russian women

The relevance of studying political consciousness and behavior is determined by the contradictions of sociopolitical processes in society. Political consciousness as a reflection of social groups’ attitude to the sociopolitical structure and development of the country, various political institutions in sociology has been studied quite widely. However, the author notes that the political consciousness and behavior of women has extremely rarely been the subject of independent analysis. The purpose is to study and describe the types of political consciousness and behavior of women in modern Russia. A comparative analysis of age, education, settlement, socio-professional, reproductive characteristics influence on women's political consciousness is carried out based on empirical data from the World Values Survey (WVS). Using correlation analysis, the author identifies four analytically constructed types of political consciousness and behavior of women: efficient, activist, massificated, absentee types. In conclusion, it is shown that the political consciousness and behavior of women is an independent subject of sociological analysis.