Quality of life of the rural population of the Krasnoyarsk Territory: Assessment, trends and priorities

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the problems of the quality of life of the rural population in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. A feature of the work is the conduct of research at the level of individual municipal districts of the region. In accordance with the research methodology, the authors formed an initial list of indicators of quality of life. Using the index method of data aggregation, quantitative indicators of the quality of life and its individual components were obtained for the rural population as a whole in the region, as well as within the municipal districts. The main results of the work: the rural population of the region lives in extremely unfavourable conditions. The most critical is the situation with the provision of the rural population of the region with teachers, consumer services, and the availability of infrastructure for child development and upbringing. The consumption of goods and services is low compared to the urban environment, there is a high level of rural unemployment (over 13%) and the general morbidity of the population (679 new cases per 1000 people annually). The share of living space provided with minimum centralized communal conditions does not exceed 27%, about 89.3% of the rural population have difficulties in obtaining high-quality medical services. For only 3 out of 44 municipal districts, the quality of life of the rural population can be defined as acceptable. Among the main proposals of the authors: revision of the system of redistribution of tax revenues by budgeting levels; increasing the share of regional budget expenditures on rural areas from the current 4.78% to 15%; creation of special institutional conditions for rural areas, through a special regional law and an interdepartmental regional development program.