It is different now. It is different because women, for example, are much more active in the workforce. They are not at home, able to do the voluntary work that they used to do. Another big change is that people relocate far more. That's a very significant change.
People rely on professional daycare and so on .
There is just no way to measure the ways that things have changed in society. The idea of a civil society in western nations appears to be increasingly needed as society unravels, but we have the institutions and a democratic culture to operate from. Obviously, they have their work cut out for them. It takes a long time to build up institutions and trust following the unfortunate reality that was communism. The West should just play a role in encouraging and trusting the citizens in those societies.