The Impact of Economic Development Indicators on Ensuring the Economic Security of an Individual

Abstract

This research evaluated personal economic security as the most important component of national security. The purpose of evaluation personal economic security is to obtain characteristics of the quality and standards of living, as well as to identify trends in changes in the personal economic security in throughout Russia. The purpose of the study was to assess the level of personal economic security in Russia and Irkutsk region. The authors used such methods as the structural-­functional method, analysis, synthesis, and statistics: generalization, absolute and relative values, and dynamic series. The authors proposed and used a system of criteria for assessing economic security of an individual according to the most important indicators of the socio-economic development of the country and region. The analysis of indicators using method of E.I. Kuznetsova allowed us to determine the inconsistency of most of the indicators with their recommended values during the period under review, in particular, the level of social inequality, poverty, financial support for retirees, unemployment level, population growth, enrollment in vocational education. Considering identified negative trends, we found unsatisfactory level of personal economic security both in Russia and in the Irkutsk region. For the diagnostics of the level of personal economic security, we should prioritize the creation of benchmarks for the indicators used.