Methods and Results of Constructing a Typology of Families Based on Level of Material Well-Being

Abstract

A methodological approach is developed to analyze the well-being of family households among the rural population of Altai Krai, USSR. Well-being is defined in both material and nonmaterial terms, and various factors are assigned components to construct an integral typology of families. Implications for the development of social policy to improve the socioeconomic status of poor families are discussed.