Gender Aspects of the Living Standards of the Middle Class of Russia

Research Article
  • S. A. Il’yinykh ovosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Novosibirsk, Russia ili.sa@mail.ru
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Il’yinykh S.A. Gender Aspects of the Living Standards of the Middle Class of Russia. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2017. Vol. 13. No. 3. P. 85-92. (in Russ.).

Abstract

The Object of the Study is living standards of the Russian middle class. The Subject of the Study. Gender aspects of the living standards of the middle class and the role of the middle class in mastering innovation, innovative ideas and practices. The Theoretical Aspect of the Subject of the Research. The role of the middle class in technological and socioeconomic progress, and dissemination of sociocultural patterns and norms in economic, political, social and cultural spheres of human life. The Empirical Aspect of the Subject. The results of the empirical research of the middle class, self-identification of middle class, and living conditions, professional and job status, attitude to work, and income, strategies for managing free money, and leisure practices. Results. It was revealed that in the middle class the proportion of men is higher - in assessing financial independence and new links, while the proportion of women is higher - in assessing means of selffulfillment. The study of income shows that the higher the income level, the lower the proportion of women – there are no women in high-income groups. When analyzing the distribution of free cash, it turned out: men are more likely to use active methods, and women are passive; On the whole, the middle class is distinguished by the high level of security of individuals with intellectual and cultural resources.
Keywords:
a middle class, a living standard, selfidentification, an income, free money, leisure practices

Author Biography

S. A. Il’yinykh, ovosibirsk State University of Economics and Management, Novosibirsk, Russia
Doctor of Sociology, Assistant Professor, Head of the Department of Sociology

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Il’yinykh, S. A. (2017). Gender Aspects of the Living Standards of the Middle Class of Russia. Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia, 13(3), 85-92. Retrieved from https://www.jour.fnisc.ru/index.php/vcugjournal/article/view/8256
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LIFESTYLE, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND LIFE ENVIRONMENT