LONGITUDINAL “BUDGETARY” RESEARCHES OF RURAL FAMILIES IN THE KURGAN REGION

Abstract

The article considers the problems of the relationship between the time budgets and expenditures of the rural population of the Kurgan region for the post-Soviet period in a long time section (1989 - 2011) based on statistical and sociological methods. At present, the main trends in visits to service facilities by families of different types living in different rural settlements have changed little, but the role of large villages has increased significantly. Shops and post offices account for the largest share in the frequency of visits. In rural areas, the network of service enterprises (educational, medical and domestic) has significantly decreased; the share of trade services enterprises and, to a lesser extent, catering has multiply increased. The relationship between the accessibility of a number of service facilities and migration of the population from rural areas has been established (educational and transport services were the most important for villagers). The analysis shows that the working hours of villagers remained at the same level, but there were profound changes in the forms of ownership and management; The time spent on domestic affairs has decreased slightly. Unemployment in rural areas has increased significantly in recent years. The cash expenditure of villagers on food has increased markedly. Survey data show a very tangible "compression" of the rural socio-economic space, so the identification of priority clusters in the service sector is a real way to manage the shrinking rural space of the region. 121 rural local service sector clusters have been allocated in the territory of Kurgan region.