SOCIAL EXCLUSION RISK AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL IN RUSSIA: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK AND OUTPUTS

The article is dedicated to weakly examined operationalization issues of assessing risks of social exclusion at the regional level in Russia. Social exclusion is defined as a disruption of one or more of the five vital interpersonal relationships of an individual within a society he/she lives in, namely: the relationships with family/household members; friends/acquaintances; colleagues/work associates; authorities/officials; neighbors/community. A methodological approach to social exclusion measure as a number of population belonged to considered group at risk weighting by its probability of social risk occurrence has been developed. Estimations of population at risk and probability of risk implementation were based on official statistics and data derived from an expert survey accordingly. Ratings for the Russian regions have been developed on the grounds of the values of integral and dimensional social exclusion risk.

социальная эксклюзия, риск социальной эксклюзии, межличностные социальные отношения, группа риска, депривация, Z-оценки, региональные рейтинги, social exclusion, social exclusion risk, interpersonal social relationships, group at risk, deprivation, Z-scores, regional ratings

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