Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (10)

Authors

Nemirovskiy, Valentin G.

Contact information

Nemirovskiy, Valentin G.:Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia;E-mail:

Keywords

social well-being; sociology of region; sociology of emotions

Abstract

The article investigates the dynamics of social well-being of inhabitants of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (2010-2014 years). To perform the analysis the author applied a method developed in the framework of the "socio-cultural portrait of the region" by N.I. Lapin and L.A. Belyaeva; that method was complemented with a scale of self-assessment of the level of life energy of the respondent.This allowed to show a more adequate representation of the emotional-energy component of social well-being of the respondents. The empirical basis of the study were representative surveys of the population of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 2010 and 2014 through the method of formal interviews, as well as a study with the method we had developed; the study was conducted in accordance with a similar methodology in 2011. It wasfound that in terms of all of the indicators that were used there was a significant improvement of the social well-being of the population of the region. Such a phenomenon is typical for many regions of Siberia. It was concluded that one maymisjudge the significant improvement of social well-being of the population in the region in recent years as a uniquely positive phenomenon. It can be caused not only by the improvement in living conditions and by the increase in the effectiveness of social policies in the region, but also by other poorly understood factors. These include, for example, the involvement into an active social life of the representatives of new age cohorts, which internalized modern social norms and values, or by intensive migration of social actors who are dissatisfied with life in the region to Moscow and to foreign countries. As a result, there is an outflow of human capital from the active population of Siberia.In addition,the elderly people leave this life in a natural way, and it was this group of population that often had showed a negative social well-being. Therefore, the improving social well-being of the population may mask some negative processes. Hence, there is a need for a better understanding of the factors influencing the change in social well-being of the population of the Siberian region

Pages

1765-1774

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/13396

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