The structure of consumer spending as an indicator of the well-being of the population
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Yarasheva A.V., Makar S.V. The structure of consumer spending as an indicator of the well-being of the population. Population. 2025. Vol. 28. No. 2. P. 210-220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24412/1561-7785-2025-2-210-220 (in Russ.).
Abstract
The well-being of the population is both a goal and a condition for ensuring the sustainable economic and social development of the Russian state, strengthening its sovereignty and increasing the number of citizens. The task of increasing the well-being of Russians is outlined in the content of the National Development Goals of the country for the period up to 2030 and the future up to 2036. The article presents the authors’ vision of the category «well-being of the population», its components — material (monetary income, property) and non-material (physical health, moral and psychological state) character. One of the most significant indicators of the population well-being — the structure of household consumer spending is selected for analysis. The article considers the dynamics of changes in the available resources of the population (2018–2023) and the structure of the use of these resources to ensure (preserve) a certain level of well-being of Russians. The structure of the use of monetary income of the population (for consumer needs and the acquisition of financial assets) as a basis for changing the level of material well-being is analyzed by macro-regions — federal districts of Russia (2018–2022).The share of household spending on purchase/payment is compared: 1) food; 2) services in the overall structure of consumer spending, which showed an increase in the share of the former and a decrease in the share of the latter for all federal districts. The authors’ ranking matrix of the federal districts by the considered indicators of well-being related to consumer spending and the possibilities of their implementation made it possible to identify the territories of «leaders» and territories of «outsiders» based on the totality of data. In order of decreasing favorability of the situation with the well-being of the population in the perspective we are considering, the macro-regions are arranged as follows: Far Eastern, North Caucasus, Ural, Central, Volga, Northwestern, Southern and Siberian Federal District.
Keywords:
well-being of population, available resources, consumer spending, structure of the use of funds, macro-region, food
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Received: 08.11.2024
Accepted: 19.06.2025
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Yarasheva, A. V., & Makar, S. V. (2025). The structure of consumer spending as an indicator of the well-being of the population. Population, 28(2), 210-220. https://doi.org/10.24412/1561-7785-2025-2-210-220
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