Assessment of the quality of life in the regions of the Russian Federation

About the authors:

Vladimir V. Oreshnikov, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Senior Researcher, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences; voresh@mail.ru

Marsel M. Nizamutdirov, Cand. Sci. (Tech.), Associate professor, Head of sector of economic and mathematical modeling, Institute of Social and Economic Research of UFRC RAS, Ufa, Russia, marsel_n@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5643-1393

Abstract:

The article deals with the issues of assessing the quality of life in the regions of the Russian Federation. The article briefly analyzes the approaches in this area, showing that, despite a fairly extensive scientific and practical base, the assessment of the quality of life of the population and related issues remain an object of debate. The use of private indicators does not fully reflect the actual state and leads to contradictory assessments of the level of development of the country’s regions. Based on the formed preconditions, the list of directions and indicators within each direction reflecting the quality of life of the population was determined. In the aggregate, the final list included 25 indicators grouped into 6 directions — “Income and welfare of the population”, “Economy and labor”, “Health and safety”, “Education and culture”, “Trade and communications”, “Climate and geographical location”. The methodology of consistent aggregation of indicators and calculation of the integral assessment of the quality of life in the subject of the Russian Federation is developed. The weight characteristics of the indicators were determined. The rating of Russian regions by the quality of life of the population was formed, which allows us to analyze both its current structure and changes in the position of each region over a given period of time.

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