НАПРЯМИ АНАЛІЗУ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ СФЕРИ УКРАЇНИ В СУЧАСНИХ УМОВАХ

Abstract

A full-scale war and uncertainty about the sources of funding pose numerous threats to the future development of the social sphere in Ukraine. Currently, the expenditure side of Ukraine's budget is focused on priority financing of defence and military expenditures. At the same time, the decline in business activity as a result of Russian aggression and large-scale invasion is leading to a decline in budget revenues and the level of budgetary capacity. Under these conditions, the social sector of Ukraine does not receive sufficient funding and generally operates at the expense of international donors. The complexity of the situation necessitates a thorough analysis of the social sphere to identify the most priority areas of its development for the purpose of concentrated use of limited resources and efforts. The purpose of the article is to highlight the current problems of the social sphere development and to substantiate the directions of its analysis. The article analyses the standard of living of the population in the conditions of war, identifies current problems of development of the social sphere of Ukraine, and describes the priority areas of analysis of the social sphere. The article analyses statistical sources of the Ministry of Social Policy, the State Statistics Service, and the Pension Fund of Ukraine. The study used analytical and statistical-mathematical methods, the method of deduction in identifying development problems and systematisation and generalisation in identifying areas of analysis of the social sphere. Among the priority areas of analysis of the social sphere of Ukraine are the analysis of the standard of living of the population, analysis of GDP per capita and comparison of dynamics with other countries, analysis of access to education and medicine, analysis of employment and the labour market, assessment of social inclusion, analysis of socio-cultural development as part of the social life of citizens.