Sociological Research Of Population Vital Activity Based On A Municipal Residents' Survey

Abstract

The methodical tools development of a complex sociological research of the population activity assessment results based on residents survey is the important mechanism of the analysis of socio-economic development conditions, strategic interests and scenarios of municipal unit. Definition of objective assessment of the population activity on the municipal formation territory “Staromajnskij district” of the Ulyanovsk region for practical actions of local governments based on the sociological research results “How is living in the Staromajnskij district” is an objective of this research. General scientific methods of research: questioning, system analysis, comparison and analogy method, generalization method, statistical analysis methods, content analysis, graphical and tabular methods of data visualization were used in the work. The organization and carrying out a sociological research of the population activity assessment of the municipal formation “Staromajnskij district” allowed to reveal the social well-being levels, life conditions, domestic territories arrangement, objects of social and cultural-consumer services, transport infrastructure, ecological situation, socio-economic problems of the Staromajnskij district, its competitiveness and development prospects. The research selection was 1100 respondents of local community, subjects of small and medium-sized business, local governments and public organizations representatives. The economic efficiency and significance of the work are due to the need to justify the system of goals, objectives and strategic directions of municipal unit development till 2030 providing its competitiveness and economic growth in the long term, as well as the formation of methodological recommendations for the organization of a work system to improve populations livelihoods.