Abstract
The article brings forth an analysis of statistical data that indicate, directly or indirectly, to the facts of manifestation of social dependence or parasitism. It denotes the essence and difference of notions «social dependence» and «social parasitism». It enumerates the categories of population potentially inclined to practices of social dependence / parasitism. The article presents a classification of basic statistical indicators of social dependence and / or parasitism. It reflects the statistical data on the character of behavioral strategies on part of pensioner, the disabled, migrants, persons of children-orphan category, as well as the social groups with deviant behavior. It identifies the tendencies of developing social dependence / parasitism among people of Irkutsk Oblast. The article specifies the problem of complexity or impossibility of assessing the manifestation scales for variouos forms of social dependence / parasitism. It substantiates the role of qualitative (including sociological) methods of measuring the sizes of social dependence and parasitism.
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