Living Level: Regional Differences (By Example Of Siberian Federal District)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the methodological framework for assessing the differences in the living level of the population in the regions. According to the authors' study, the existing regional classifications for the most part do not presuppose a comparative analysis of the situation in the territories at the federal level and a dynamic assessment of its change. This circumstance prompted the authors on the idea of creating their own unique methodology that makes it possible to compare the situation in the regions with the federal level in the static and dynamic sections. It also allowed forming the corresponding two-dimensional typology of regions, which enables to specify the situation in the territory at the federal level, depending on how its indicators change in absolute terms (statics) and relative estimates (dynamics). This method was tried out using the example of the data on the development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District for the period 2003-2013 (13 years). The results of this study let us conclude that the majority of the SFD regions have a marked lag in living level from the other subjects of the Russian Federation within the framework of both analytical sections (in absolute and relative terms). In some regions, the situation varies considerably.

Poverty And Problems Of Nutrition In The Russian Regions

“…Low incomes of the population, the decline in real incomes in recent years create prerequisites for the exacerbation of the problem of poverty and, as a consequence, a decrease in the nutritional value of food consumed. Poverty is closely correlated with low indicators of quality of life, with a high morbidity rate of the population, with limited access of the population to a full, balanced diet (Mukhacheva & Morozova, 2018). Nutrition of households with incomes below the subsistence minimum (the poor in the terminology of state statistics) is significantly lower than rational norms of food consumption in the territory of the Russian Federation.…”

Integral Modelling Of The Quality Of Life Of The Region’s Population

“…It is no coincidence that it is the improvement in the living standard and life quality of people that underpins all strategic development plans of any authorities. The authors regard the life quality as a comprehensive assessment of a person's rate of satisfaction with life support, social and spiritual needs determined by objective characteristics of the current social and economic system and features of a person's life perceived subjectively (Mukhacheva & Morozova, 2018).…”