Sociological analysis of the connections between welfare dynamics and health indicators on the macro-level in the modern Russia

Abstract: 
The article represents the results of the author’s research focused on revealing the connections between the dynamics of welfare indicators in Russia from 1990 to 2012 and changes in health indicators of Russians such as life expectancy at birth and the death rate, during the same period. The research is based on the statistical data analysis. The author demonstrates the connections between health indicators of Russians in 1990-2012 and changes in the economic situation, the dynamics of inequality, employment, social support, access to recreational services. Based on these results the author concludes that the changes in the quantity and the quality of social and economic welfare resources at the macro-level are connected with the dynamics of health indicators.

For citation: Pautov I.S. Sociological analysis of the connections between welfare dynamics and health indicators on the macro-level in the modern Russia. St. Petersburg Sociology Today. 2015. N. 6. P. 408-422.

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