Specialists Department of Sociology at the University of Finance of the Russian Federation annually conduct a large-scale study to assess the citizens of cities in the country of their material well-being.The poorest city in Russia, according to experts - is Togliatti.The study included cities with a population exceeding 500 thousand people.The inhabitants of the country were to self-assess their level of well-being on a 5-point scale.Under the number one hidden position when the citizens of the state can hardly make their food.The number five speaks of the possibility of buying real estate.On the basis of these indicators it failed to calculate the poverty index for each locality.
malosostoyatelnyh Top 10 cities of Russia
According to estimates of the Department of Sociology, in the list of the poorest cities in Russia includes the following towns:
- Togliatti with an index of poverty 0.8.
- Astrakhan with an index of 0.68.
- Penza with an index of 0.6.
- operate with an index of 0.59.
- Saratov with an index of 0.55.
- Rostov-on-Don with an index of 0.53.
- Lipetsk with an index of 0.52.
- Barnaul with an index of 0.5.
- Naberezhnye Chelny with an index of 0.5.
- Voronezh - figure 0.49.
In contrast, the poorest localities of the country's smallest poverty index was registered in Vladivostok and Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen and Kazan.Assessment of the situation was not based on statistical official data, it is built entirely on their own views of the residents of each village.
General characteristics of poverty by city
Share critically poor young men recorded on the territory of Saratov, was 5%.The indicator on the city average of 4%.To assess the situation dealt with young people from 18 to 30 years.In the same village is the large number of low-income men - about 36% in the national average of 35%.Noted settlements and the poorest young people, which accounts for no less than 5% at the national index of 4%.Low-income youth - it is 42%, while the national average is less than 38%.Share critically poor residents - 14% with an average of 11%, and low income - 53% with an average of 51%.The total index of poverty in this locality 0.55, and it takes the 5th place in the ranking.Despite the record figures, the poorest city in Russia - Togliatti.The study provides information that the peak of poverty that has gripped the city and northern Russia, and south, we arrive at the end of 2011.It was at that time more than 18% of the population had no money for food.By mid-2012 the population who identify themselves as poor, reduced to 9-11%.
downside or the most wealthy city
Cities millionaires Russia - is the other side of poverty.According to the department of sociology with a focus on poverty index, the most wealthy inhabitants of the country live in the following locations:
- Vladivostok - with a poverty index of 0.08.
- Moscow - 0.08.
- Yekaterinburg - 0.14.
- Kazan - 0.2.
- Tyumen - 0.23.
- Krasnodar - 0.25.
- in St. Petersburg - 0.26.
- Orenburg - 0.27.
- in Irkutsk - 0.27.
- Novosibirsk - 0.28.
The study involved 35 cities.The respondents in the most prosperous cities in the country almost did not consider the situation to lack of funds for food and other essentials.The majority of respondents identified themselves confidently to either the fourth or the fifth income category, where there is the opportunity to purchase personal transportation and real estate.
Overall summary information
Togliatti - the poorest city in Russia.About 57% of the inhabitants of the village are poor.Second place went to Saratov, which is home to 56% of low-income people.Three leaders in this category covers Penza, whose population is 53% of the poor.On the reverse side of the scale - Vladivostok, Moscow and Yekaterinburg.According to the survey carried out on the territory of the northern capital is home to only 2% critically poor men and critically poor youth.The share of poor people account for only 10%.Category needy men here is 32%, and low-income youth - only 33%.In total, the proportion of poor people is not more than 48%.Here you can add that over the past 10 years, from the period 2003 to 2014, the number of critically poor in the country decreased from 37% to 10%.This trend is the poor growth of the last few years - from 46% to 54%.
little about Togliatti
Top of the poorest cities in Russia headed by Togliatti - town, in whose territory is home to about 700 thousand people.According to preliminary data, it is recorded 13% of the population who have some difficulties with the purchase of food.The share of low-income in the village reaches 57%.It should be said about 45% of young people are included in this category.Twin Cities sufferers become Togliatti Penza and Astrakhan city with a population of 530 and 520 thousand people.The share of the poor population is 56% and 53%.Statistics has surprised experts because it is Togliatti usually called "the capital of the domestic auto industry."Forming enterprise, which now adorns the poorest city in Russia - is the flagship of the automotive industry, "AvtoVAZ".Information on whether the situation had the statistics and the impact of layoffs in 2014, does not appear anywhere, and does not apply.It reported a risk of social unrest that can cover the city of the south of Russia and north.
What does the government do?
December 16, 2014 O. Golodets, served as vice-president, he said that Russia recorded more than 15.7 million poor people.In an inflationary environment, their number will be increased systematically.Names of cities in Russia, which will fall into poverty in the future will increasingly appear in the media.According to Olga Golodets, the purchasing power of citizens in the near future will be substantially reduced.This trend will cover the city as the north and south of Russia.Rosstat has provided very interesting information that in just the first 12 days of January 2015 the rate of inflation in the country reached the target of 0.8%.Speaking about the significance of this for the last year, it corresponded to only 0.3%.According to forecasts, by the end of the spring rate of growth should reach the value of 15-17%.With regard to inflation, then by the end of 2015, its value is expected to reach 13.7%.
Methods of assessing poverty in Russia
list of the poorest cities in Russia was made for a reason, and based on a large-scale study.Indicator studied not based on statistical data and not even have access to the goods.The poorest city in Russia was determined on the basis of self-being, which is made by the people themselves.In the course of sociological surveys, Russians were asked questions about their own incomes, and about exactly what category it fits.The choice was given five points:
- Cash barely enough for food.
- enough money only for food and essentials.
- funds are sufficient to buy a major household appliances such as a refrigerator, washing machine.
- is possible to buy a new car.
- funds are sufficient for all purposes, including for the purchase of real estate.
Combining categories in group
concluded that that the poorest city of Togliatti in Russia, allow the following approach.According to the classification provided by the first group of people - a critical poor.The first and second groups together form a layer of the poor in Russia.The issue of poverty is highly relevant and plays an important social and political role.This is due to the emergence of social unrest with a significant decrease in the standard of living of Russians.These trends do not include city-millionaires in Russia.
What was the basis for calculating the index of poverty?
Poverty Index, which allowed us to determine the names of cities in Russia, where most poor people of the country, has been calculated on the basis of the fact that the foundation of the state of labor appears not low income social group of citizens as such, and unemployed youth.In the study, emphasis was placed on the proportion of low-income and critically poor men and young people age - from 18 to 30 years.In order to determine which southern and northern Russian city most disadvantaged, it was decided to use only six classes:
- percentage critically poor young men from 18 to 30.
- percentage of low-income young men aged 18 to 30 years.
- percentage critically poor youngsters from 18 to 30 years, both men and women.
- percentage of low-income young people from 18 to 30 years, both men and women.
- volume critically poor residents.
- volume of low-income residents.
Each indicator is translated into the special index.Total poverty index, which became the basis for the formation of the rating is the average of all the indicators listed above.The higher the index value, the worse the situation within a given locality.Ongoing studies only confirmed the fact that in Russia today there is a large enough percentage of people who are used to refer to himself secured the lowest income groups.
