AFFINITY IN INTERETHNIC RELATIONS
The authors using the scale of Bogardus analyzed the attitude of population of the Republic of Bashkortostan to possibility and desirability of adoption of various nationalities as a close relatives. Empirical basis is as follows: a survey of resident population of the republic in 2012 as a part of the grant “Communication mechanisms of regulating inter-ethnic relations among the youth”, FTP “Scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of innovative Russia”, N - 1000, multistage sampling; a survey of the population in the project “Monitoring of public opinion of Bashkortostan”, conducted by the Institute of Socio-Political and Legal Studies of Academy of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2011, N - 1037 people, multistage sampling. It is described trends in family and marital relations in the conditions of the increased migration and social transformation. On the one hand, national identity and national interest in the language, culture and religion of own people are increasing. On the other, the degree of ethnic and religious tolerance decreases the potential for conflict of ethnicity to increase. At the same time, marriage and family are social institutions, which provide the closest ethnocultural interaction. The role of the ethnic factor in choosing a marriage partner was defined. In republic the proportion of households consisting of persons of different nationalities is 29%, in urban areas the proportion is 30.7%, in rural areas the proportion is 20.4%. The share of international families is more among tatars - 60%, it is less among Russians (48%). There is a correlation between urbanization and multinational. The dependence of family and marriage preferences on the social distance between ethnic groups, as well as between the permanent population and migrants was studied. The desire to have as a relative a person of the same nationality is not absolute, it does not more than 80%. The reason of this reluctance is negative or indifferent attitudes of respondents towards people of their own nationality, as well as the desirability of marriage to a foreigner. Potential of marriage with migrants from other countries and the republics of the North Caucasus and Russia is weak. Resident population has negative attitudes towards migrants.