Future couples point of view at a family function’s

After restitution of Lithuanian Republic, the evolution of the family has noticed certain “rises” and “deserts”. It were influenced by country’s economical evolution, social- cultural changes and still not changing societal point of view in a certain ethical and cultural valuables. These changes reflected the most in family’s states and it’s stability. According to Lithuanian’s sociologists remarks- family has been change, has lost typical peculiarities, which are characteristic for traditional family and tap modern family life style of Western countries: marriages have fallen, divorces increasingly have risen. The birth numbers of children in illegitimate families have risen, conjugations plans has been delaying, people live without any responsibility, birthrate doesn’t secure generation’s changes. Problem’s research: young people prepearing to accomplish family’s functions. Object’s research: young people, which are prepearing to create a family. Research was accomplished in 2004 April- May. Searching. General congeries made future young couples, which were consulting for marriage in an archbishorpic family center in Vilnius. There were culled 150 future marrieds, 145 of them took part in research. Results research. Research information shows that more than a half of researching people had their first sexual intercourse in 16- 17 and 18- 19 years old (accordingly 25, 0 % and 25, 9 % ). Otherwise, 3, 4 % of the respondents had their first sexual intercourses at the age of 13- 14 and near the tenth part (9, 5 % )- at the age of 14- 15. Therefore, exists a sexual activity problem of the under- ages, and it is relevant increasing. The sexual intercourses are especial, because during them a new life could be started. However according to accomplished research, only 1, 7 % of the respondents had first sexual intercourse, during the intending to marriage. During the research it was definite that near half (44, 3 % ) of the respondents the first sexual intercourse reason was both sides love, desire to feel pleasure (10, 4 % ), near the tenth part (8, 7 % )-of the respondents had their first sexual experience with casual partners. It is establish that during the firs sexual intercourse were used contraceptive. The majority (59, 0 % ) used condoms. The substantial life valuables of the respondents were associate with a happy marriage life and possibility to give a good education for their children ( accordingly 90, 5 % and 90, 4 %).Švietimo akademijaVytauto Didžiojo universiteta