Social demographic specifics of poverty in Russian Federation

Social demographic specifics of poverty in Russian Federation


Lezhnina Yu.P.

National Research University Higher School of Economics; Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia lezhnina@list.ru

ID of the Article: 5935

Rubric: Poverty. ru

For citation:

Lezhnina Yu.P. Social demographic specifics of poverty in Russian Federation. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2014. No 1. P. 20-28




Abstract

Analyzed are main socio-demographic features of poverty in contemporary Russia. It is shown that among key ones there are those what correct the chances of population in employment sphere, that is - health, age, type of settlement,- determining their impact on the nature of the labor market. It is demonstrated how various socio-demographic characteristics affect the risk of falling into poverty in "incomes" and is "hardships" for the last 10 years.


Keywords
poverty; deprivation; dependants load; gender; types of household; social policy; social-demographic risks
Content No 1, 2014