The article deals with the problem of marriage and family ideas among modern Kazakh students. The relevance of the study is determined by the increasing need of society to form the image of a psychologically healthy and prosperous family among Kazakh youth of different age groups.

The study examined the ideas of marriage and family among Kazakh youth of different age groups, which have their own characteristics and differences. These differences are due to a number of factors: gender, place of residence, professional specifics, etc. The indicators of the experimental group, which includes students of 1-4 courses of humanities and technical direction, were considered.