Levels Of Social Well-being Research Articles

Детские игровые площадки Саратова: анализ эколого-геохимической ситуации

In a modern large city, it is mandatory to have playgrounds in residential areas. The level of social well-being and well-being of urban space is also assessed by the presence of a children’s playground in each residential courtyard. However, from a city-ecological point of view, is it advisable to organize parking on boulevards, in small squares, in courtyards next to car parks? In order to understand this, the state regulatory requirements and standards for the organization of children’s playgrounds in a large industrial city were studied; The territories of playgrounds were identified, the location of which raises doubts about the correctness of their placement; a geochemical analysis of natural environments was performed – the surface layer of air, soils and soils, snowcover on the territory of playgrounds and adjacent zones. An assessment was made of the compliance of of the geochemical analysis results with existing standards for the placement of playgrounds in urban space and urban planning solutions were proposed to optimize the locations of playgrounds created contrary to existing standards.

Integration of ICT in Higher Education: teaching and learning in Kazakhstan

Relevance. The development of ICT in Kazakhstan is a long-term process characteristic of all spheres of state activity. The relevance of these technologies is due to globalization, namely the spread of digital technologies, as well as computer technologies dominating in various spheres of social life. The educational process also underwent certain changes, taking into account the introduction of ICT into it.Purpose. The purpose of the scientific research is to analyze the ways of using ICT in the implementation of activities of higher educational institutions of Kazakhstan.Methodology. The work uses the methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, deduction and abstraction.Results. As a result, it was possible to prove that ICT development in Kazakhstan is currently incomplete. ICT has both positive and negative features in the educational environment. At the same time, the former prevails over the latter, as they allow organizing the educational process in accordance with modern requirements. This allows universities training real specialists who will successfully compete in the labor market. As a result, the level of social well-being in the state will increase. Therefore, ICT is a promising direction for the development of higher education, namely its modernization.Conclusions. The practical value of scientific research lies in the possibility of implementing its results into work both by officials in the development of state programs aimed at the implementation of ICT, and by subjects of educational activity to improve the educational process.

The use of digital public services as a factor of social well-being

In recent years, the trend of digitalization of society has led researchers to think about the possible relationship of factors connecting the penetration of information technologies and such social aspects as the quality of life of the population, residents’ satisfaction with the urban environment, and social well-being. The article presents the results of a representative sociological study of the needs for digital services among residents of St. Petersburg, as well as the relationship between satisfaction from using services and the level of social well-being. In St. Petersburg, the priority project “Ecosystem of City Services ‘Digital Petersburg’” is being implemented, which is a model for providing digital services by locating city services in one place. Satisfaction with the lives of citizens is the ultimate goal of the project, and this category is closely related to the subjective judgments of residents who come into contact with everyday practices through an emotional background. The study was conducted using an online survey of 500 city residents, a sample representative of the gender and age of respondents. According to the results of the study, a relationship was identified between the use of digital services and indicators of the social well-being of the population. Among city residents, those who highly value the convenience of digital services demonstrate greater life satisfaction. According to the survey, the social well-being of citizens is influenced by confidence in their own IT skills, a high assessment of the convenience of digital services, trust in interaction with authorities online, and an assessment of the effectiveness of services. The author sees the development of a methodology for multifactorial assessment of social well-being, including the use of data from social media and other open sources, as future research tasks.

Spatial characteristics of ethnic group localisation in St. Petersburg

Amid ongoing globalisation, large cities are becoming increasingly attractive to migrants, resulting in a more multiethnic population composition, which underscores the growing importance of studying interethnic relations in metropolises. This work aims to explore the spatial localisation of ten ethnic groups residing in St. Petersburg: Ukrainians, Belarusians, Tatars, Jews, Georgians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Tajiks and Moldovans. Using the ethnic concentration coefficient, the study examines the territorial heterogeneity of settlement among the city’s largest ethnic diasporas to identify patterns in residential choice. The data on national composition are derived from all-Russian population censuses. Most national minorities are distributed rather evenly across the city, but the Jewish and Georgian communities are notably concentrated in the central district of St. Petersburg. At the same time, the migration restrictions imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic not only decreased the size of the Uzbek and Tajik diasporas, thereby normalising their gender and age distribution but also led to a more even dispersion of these ethnic groups across the city. Currently, there is no evident correlation between the spatial concentration of most ethnic groups in St. Petersburg and their level of social well-being.

Personalized Recommendation Classification Model of Students’ Social Well-being Based on Personality Trait Determinants Using Machine Learning Algorithms

The global trend of student social well-being has steadily declined in recent years. As a result, the need for a personalized recommendation classification model that can accurately assess and identify the individual student’s social well-being has become increasingly important. This article will discuss the development of an adaptive personalized recommendation classification model for students’ social well-being based on personality trait determinants. Social well-being is a field that analyses society, individual behavioural patterns, behavioural networks, and cultural elements of daily life. Social well-being develops critical thinking by understanding the social frameworks that affect humans by exposing the social basis of daily actions. For instance, when students are pleased, their academic achievement, behaviour, social integration, and happiness improve. This study classifies the effects of the Big 5 Personality Traits (Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, Emotional Stability, and Conscientiousness) on students’ Industry 4.0 Social Well-being levels by analyzing their demographic and personality traits. A dataset was gathered through a survey distributed to students in a selected institution. The classifier’s accuracy was assessed using the WEKA tool on a data set of 286 occurrences and 19 traits, and a confusion matrix was constructed. After analyzing the results of all algorithms, it was determined that the IBk and Randomizable Filtered Classifier algorithms give the best accuracy on social well-being readiness, with a comparable percentage value of 91.26%. The agreeableness personality trait, which represents a person’s level of pleasantness, politeness, and helpfulness, had the greatest influence on the social well-being of the students. They have a positive outlook on human behaviour and get along well with others. Since social well-being contributes to a person’s increased quality of life and happiness, improving students’ current quality of life would lead to the development of a social parameter that can assess the growth of a country and the increased happiness offamilies and communities. Personality traits models have become an increasingly important tool for understanding and predicting human behavior. By analyzing different personality trait models, we can gain insights into how accurately and reliably they can predict individual behavior. This is especially useful in fields such as psychology, marketing, and recruitment, where understanding the nuances of individual personalities can be critical to success. In this study, how different personality trait models compare in terms of accuracy and reliability is explored using different machine learning algorithms using the WEKA tool. Personality trait models are increasingly being used to measure social well-being. This model is based on the idea that individuals’ personalities are composed of a set of underlying traits which can be measured and compared. By understanding these traits, we can better understand the students’ social well-being and how the environment around them may impact it.

ENVIRONMENTAL TAXATION IN THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CITIZENS

The article is devoted to the study of the impact of humanity on the natural environment and the justification of the sources of the formation of financial resources for the environmental purposes in the context of social responsibility of citizens. It was established that the existing «consumer» system of human interaction with the natural environment is destructive for the noosphere. It was substantiated that the development of humanity and the consequences of its life activities are a key factor in the growth of negative anthropogenic impact on the environment. It was found that the ecological footprint of a person depends on the level of social well-being and population size. The relationship between the ecological and economic development of the country and its impact on the environment was reflected. The dynamics of expenses of the consolidated budget of Ukraine for the protection of the natural environment were presented. The main reasons and consequences of the change in the «plane» of common interests of man, nature and the economy in the process of human evolution have been established. The volume of emissions of polluting substances into the atmospheric air by households in Ukraine was studied. It was established that the system of environmental payments in Ukraine, in connection with the growing anthropogenic impact on the environment and, accordingly, its inhabitants, needs some optimization. The nature of the environmental tax has been clarified, the history of its emergence and the transformation of the content of this category have been investigated. It was established that the system of environmental taxation in Ukraine is ineffective and needs to be optimized, especially in the context of growing social responsibility of citizens in the conditions of increasing anthropogenic impact on the environment. The proposed changes in taxation of producers of environmentally hazardous products and traditional energy resources, as well as their consumers, were outlined. The structure of environmental tax in the context of social responsibility of citizens was proposed. The allocation of funds for environmental purposes was substantiated with an emphasis on the local budgets. An improved model of human «interaction» with the surrounding natural environment was proposed.

METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE FINANCIAL MECHANISM FUNCTIONING OF SOCIAL WELFARE: THE INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH

Introduction. The evolution of public ideas about the essence of social well-being, methods and tools for its provision, the emergence of unprecedented new threats to social development require an adequate response in the context of improving the architecture of the financial mechanism in accordance with the transformation of the external environment of its functioning. This necessitates the development of new scientific and methodological approaches to the scientific knowledge of the financial mechanism of public welfare as an open system interacting with the external environment, which will become a methodological basis for the development of this mechanism and optimization of its structure. The purpose of the article substantiate the methodological principles of the external environment of the functioning of the financial mechanism of public welfare through the prism of the institutional approach to scientific knowledge. Results. The article examines the external environment of the financial mechanism of public welfare as a set of institutions combined into four components and the factors generated by them that influence the development of this mechanism. The key features of such an environment are characterized and its components are defined, including political, economic, social, and ecological components. The leading institutions of each of the components of the external environment of the financial mechanism of public welfare are outlined. Conclusions. Identification of key features of the external environment, substantiating the cyclical relationship between its components and the basic institutions of the financial mechanism of public welfare made it possible to crystallize the priority directions of institutional changes, which should include: the development of institutions of public control, competition through the expansion of their influence on the sphere of public finance; the implementation of a comprehensive policy aimed at eliminating the causes of deformations in the development of social institutions and reducing the destructive impact of the factors generated by these deformations on the level of social well-being; formation of environmental institutions and strengthening of their influence on changing the configuration of the elements of the financial mechanism of public welfare.

Social Well-Being of Juvenile Sex Offenders with Conduct Issues in Malaysia

Adolescents' ability to converse and form meaningful connections with others, as well as to keep up a social network that helps them to avoid isolation, is greatly aided by their level of social well-being. Juvenile delinquents with conduct disorder exhibit more psychopathology and commit more serious crimes than those without a conduct disorder diagnosis. However, it has been proven that positive peer interactions lessen behaviour problems in adolescents where the negative behaviour in teenagers can be diminishes with increased peer support. To explore how the juvenile sex offenders with conduct issues socialized with peers, seven juvenile sex offenders between the age of 14 to 17 with conduct issues were participated in interviews. The data were collected from two detention centers in Selangor and Perak, Malaysia, and analysed using thematic analysis. This study found that social well-being includes social interaction, peers support, closeness in peer relationships, peer acceptance, and a sense of belonging among juvenile sex offenders with conduct issues in detention centers. It is concluded that social well-being is vital in building emotional resilience among juvenile sex offenders with conduct issues. Positive social well-being allows adolescents to move forward and self-growth while negative social well-being regresses the individual in cognitive, and socio-emotional development. The findings demonstrated the significance of adolescents' social well-being, which helps them maintain their health and develop social and emotional abilities in the detention centre.

Self-Focused Attention, Awareness and use of Social Media as Determinants of Social Well-Being of LIS Postgraduate Students in Nigerian Universities

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of self-focused attention, awareness and use of social media on the social well-being of library and information science postgraduate students in universities in Nigeria. The study employed a survey research design of the correlational type. The study population comprised 919 LIS postgraduate students from 16 universities offering library and information science programmes at the postgraduate level. A total enumeration technique was used to cover all the 919 postgraduate students, 742 respondents filled and returned the questionnaire, given a response rate of 81%. The study established that self-focused, awareness and use of social media had a joint effect on the social well-being of the respondents. Also, there was a significant joint effect of self-focused attention, awareness and use of social media on the social well-being of the respondents. The study further revealed that the level of social well-being of the respondents was moderate. The study concluded that LIS postgraduate students’ social well-being levels should be improved through self-focused attention, awareness and use of social media. Therefore, lecturers, heads of library schools, health and university management are advised to pay attention to the social well-being of the students so that they can function effectively in any academic setting and society.

The global impact of adverse childhood experiences on criminal behavior: A cross-continental study

BackgroundAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been associated with a greater risk of later criminal offending. However, existing research in this area has been primarily conducted in Western developed countries and cross-cultural studies are rare. ObjectivesThis study examined the relationship between ACEs and criminal behaviors in young adults living in 10 countries located across five continents, after accounting for sex, age, and cross-national differences. Participants and settingIn total, 3797 young adults aged between 18 and 20 years (M = 18.97; DP = 0.81) were assessed locally in community settings within the 10 countries. MethodThe ACE Questionnaire was used to assess maltreatment and household dysfunction during childhood and a subset of questions derived from the Deviant Behavior Variety Scale (DBVS) was used to determine past-year criminal variety pertaining to 10 acts considered crime across participating countries. ResultsPhysical and sexual abuse, physical neglect, and household substance abuse were related to criminal variety, globally, and independently across sexes and countries ranked differently in the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). In addition, three out of five experiences of household dysfunction were related to criminal variety, but subsequent analyses indicate that some forms of household dysfunction only hold statistical significance among males or females, or in countries ranking lower in the HDI. ConclusionsThis research strengthens the finding that there are cross-cultural mechanisms perpetuating the cycle of violence. It also indicates that forms of household dysfunction have an impact on criminal behavior that is shaped by gender and the country's levels of social well-being.

Development Trends of Subjects of the Russian Federation During the Pandemic Period

There is a growing number of publications in the scientific literature on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the situation in national economies. The number of studies in which this problem is considered at the regional level is much smaller. At the same time, due to differences in the levels of development of regional economies, the impact of the pandemic on regional economies is different and differs from that recorded at the macro level. The research results presented in the article continue the publication of annual analysts on the development trends of the economies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which began in 2012, however, it is based on a new methodology. The indicators used in the analysis are no longer related to the gross regional product. The authors made an attempt to determine: the existence of a relationship between the “quality of the social environment” of the regions and the economic activity carried out on its territory; to specify the sources of financing for the development of the social environment of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The author have identified the groups of regions where the provision of a certain level of social well-being can be achieved through the development of their own economy, as well as the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, where this is not possible in the short term. All groups of regions, except for the second, shows the absence of a strong correlation between the levels of social well-being and economic activity. It is indicated that transfers from the federal budget play a significant role in supporting social well-being in most constituent entities of the Russian Federation. They largely compensate for the lack of economic activity to finance costs. The question is raised about the need to move to a reasonably asymmetric model of building relations between the federal center and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and a reasonably asymmetric model of interbudgetary relations adequate to it.

Risk Readiness as an Adaptive Resource: Subjective Assessments of the Adult Population of Russia

The article attempts to deepen scientific knowledge about the role of risk preparedness as an adaptive resource at different stages of the process of adaptation to uncertainty. Based on analysis of the scientific literature, the essence of risk readiness is shown as a rational choice of the method of interaction with uncertainty, based on the assessment of the situation by the adaptant, his own capabilities and the consequences of the decision made. The approach to measuring risk readiness through a subjective assessment of its sufficiency / lack / neutrality as an adaptive resource is substantiated. The theoretical basis is the position of the sociology of adaptations by L. V. Korel about the differentiation of adaptation resources according to their relationship with the speed and level of adaptation of the subject. An empirical interpretation of the speed of adaptation is proposed through the adaptive capacity and the level of adaptability, and the success / failure of adaptation through selfassessment of social well-being. The hypothesis of the relationship between the risk readiness of the adult population of Russia with the indicators of the speed and success of adaptation to the conditions of uncertainty caused by transformational processes in modern society is subjected to empirical testing on the basis of “RLMSHSE” data analysis. Socio-demographic factors differentiating respondents by subjective assessment of risk readiness, such as gender and age, are recorded. It has been established that a high subjective assessment of risk readiness associated with high assessments of adaptive capacity and adaptability level determines a high rate of adaptation. The relationship between the subjective assessment of risk readiness and the level of social well-being is shown. Risk readiness is justified as a specific adaptive resource that ensures the speed of the adaptation process and its result “at the exit” – the success or failure of adaptation to uncertainty conditions.

Employment precarization as a factor of wages differentiation and social wellbeing

Employment conditions (form of labor relations, social security, (un)stability of wages, informal payments, etc.) are a key factor of the social-economic differentiation in the contemporary Russian society, which determines the need to clarify the relationship between the workers position in the labor market and ones earnings. There are many empirical assessments of wage losses for various types of non-standard employment (informal, temporary, part-time, casual, etc.); however, each type is just one manifestation of precarization (as non-guaranteed and unstable employment), which does not present this phenomenon in general. The author considers the relationship between precarization and wages. Based on the data of the all-Russian survey of the working population (2018), the author argues that not all but some features of precarization (lack of indefinite term employment agreement, sick leave and vacation pay) are associated with a lower salary; only a high level of precarization (three or more its features together) significantly reduces wages. Despite the fact that this relationship is partly mediated by the level of education of the employee, precarization still has an independent negative impact on wages. Groups of workers with a high and low level of precarization are heterogeneous in wages which can compensate for the disadvantages of the unstable and non-guaranteed employment situation. Thus, workers can be divided into four groups according to their employment precarization and salaries, which determine their social well-being. The unstable group with wages below average shows the lowest level of subjective well-being and social optimism both in life in general and in assessing the labor sphere. The unstable group with wages above the average declares a lower level of social well-being than the stable group with wages below the average, i.e., higher wages do not compensate for the negative consequences of precarious employment which worsens social well-being even provided wages above the average.

‘Searching for Roots’: Exploring the Idea of Home in Tibetan Refugee Youth Living in Delhi, India

Home is a key aspect of place attachment signified by rootedness and ease; it is operationalised as a sense of being rooted to and feeling at ease in a particular place. Two studies were done to gain a nuanced idea of the concept of home as understood by Tibetan refugee youth living in Delhi. In study 1, based on in-depth interviews on 20 students of ages 18–25 years, a thematic analysis resulted in the global theme of ‘community as home’ indicating the central position of the community while talking about home. On the basis of this study, four variables were identified as key to the concept of home: in-group identification, group efficacy, social well-being and rootedness (home). Study 2 was designed to understand the relationship between these identified variables. Around 103 refugee youth (controlled for gender) aged 18–25 years completed the questionnaire. It was found that most of the variables were positively correlated to one another, except for group efficacy and social well-being. Further, the mediation analysis indicated that in the context of the community, higher levels of social well-being explained increased in-group identification, particularly when mediated by the presence of group efficacy. Overall, it was found that community seems to be integral to the concept of home for Tibetan refugee youth living in Delhi. Both studies expand upon existing literature on the concept of home and have further implications for the notion of home and the social well-being of Tibetan refugees.

Language Development for the New Generation of Children with Hearing Impairment.

A new generation of children with hearing impairment (HI) has emerged due to the introduction of universal neonatal hearing screening, medical–surgical/technical and educational advances. Aim: Investigation of long-term development of vocabulary and social well-being of children with HI, including children with HI and additional disability. Method and Material: The project design was prospective, longitudinal, and comparative. Level of receptive vocabulary was compared to children with normal hearing, type of hearing technology, gender, additional disability, diagnosis of HI, level of social well-being, and start age for use of hearing technology. A total of 231 children participated. Intervention included early start of hearing technology and three years of auditory–verbal therapy (AVT) at the preschool level, followed by 3 years of AV guidance at the school level. Results: Children with HI scored within the norm for receptive vocabulary but were outperformed by the control group. Children with HI and a diagnosed additional disability scored lower than children without additional disability, in terms of parental assessments of social well-being. Children with additional disabilities showed positive progression in terms of receptive vocabulary development. Conclusions: New generations with HI possess the potential to succeed academically in accordance with individual abilities and become active participants in the working market.

An assessment of the regional development well-being taking into account the environmental component

The paper presents the results of socio-ecological and economic well-being estimation of the Russian regions using a multiplicative model, based on the A. Sen extended function. This model includes GRP per capita, share of the personal incomes in GRP, the regional cost of living index, the intra-regional income inequality and the integrated environmental index. It is defined as average of the specific environmental indices calculated on the basis of the following indicators: the share of the negative air, water and soil tests. Calculations have revealed that there is a significant interregional differentiation in the level of social well-being. The inclusion of the environmental component into the multiplicative model had a significant impact on the results of a comprehensive assessment of regional development. In some Russian regions, the environmentally adjusted level of well-being was significantly lower than the indicator that does not take this aspect into account. It is shown that the role of the environmental factors in the quality of life in the East of Russia is quite significant. The research novelty is to take into account the environmental component in assessing the well-being of the regions using a multiplicative model, based on the A. Sen extended function. The analysis results can be used in the process of making management decisions in the field of environmental and economic interactions, as well as in the preparation of strategic documents for sustainable regional development.

Social well-being of families in light of regional social policy

This article studies the social well-being of the families of the Tyumen Region (excluding the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area — Yugra and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area). This article considers the theoretical approaches to the concept of “social well-being” presented in the Russian academic literature. The results of a sociological study conducted by the authors in 2020 are presented. The novelty of the research lies in highlighting the specifics of intraregional differentiation of the influence of factors influencing the social well-being of families. The main research method was a questionnaire survey, which allowed providing a quantitative description of the phenomenon under consideration. The construction of the research sample model was carried out taking into account the center-peripheral model, which implies the analysis of the data obtained in the context of various types of territories represented in the region. The volume of the quota sample of the study was 1,200 people — the representatives of regional families with children. The main goal of the article is to determine the general level of social well-being of regional families, as well as to show its specificity in such social-territorial communities as a large city, a small town, rural settlements of the central type and peripheral villages. The following were considered as the components of social well-being: satisfaction with various aspects of life; availability of social infrastructure facilities; assessment of the state of various spheres of life; problems that concern families, their needs. Based on the results of the analysis, it was concluded that in different types of settlements, the level and nature of social well-being change. This circumstance should become the object of close attention of the authorities implementing social policy. The authors noted the need to develop a social policy that takes into account the spatial characteristics of the region. At the same time, the research component is of great importance, which makes it possible to analyze the problems of families in a territorial context, and it is also important to develop clear criteria for the classification of socio-territorial communities, taking into account the tendencies of their changes over time.

Capital Social, Covid-19 y Desarrollo Regional. Comentarios a Una Relación Relevante

Por lo regular, el capital social influye positivamente en el desarrollo facilitando a la sociedad en su conjunto realizar sus actividades productivas; sin embargo, en ocasiones puede tener efectos negativos. Aparentemente, la pandemia por Covid-19 genera efectos sociales nocivos a través de los mayores grados de asociatividad e interacción de la población, asociados con mayores niveles de dicho capital, al aumentar los contagios y las enfermedades derivadas del virus. Sin embargo, los efectos positivos de otros componentes del capital social como la identificación generalizada con valores sociales, la confianza mutua y el espíritu de cooperación entre los miembros de un grupo, pueden contrarrestar los efectos negativos. Por otro lado, el desarrollo, al mismo tiempo que se asocia con mejores niveles de bienestar social, también genera mayores grados de interdependencia e interacción entre la población, asociados, a su vez, con mayores niveles de contagio del virus. Con la ayuda del análisis de correlación, aplicado a información estatal de Estados Unidos y México, en este trabajo se muestra que las áreas con mejores condiciones de desarrollo y de capital social pudieran ser los más afectados negativamente por el virus en el corto plazo, pero están en mejores condiciones para enfrentar la pandemia y recuperarse de sus efectos negativos que aquellos donde la población vive en desventaja.

Social well-being inequality in Africa

ABSTRACT In this paper, we construct a composite social well-being index to investigate disparities between 30 African countries. We do this because previous inequality studies relied on income measures; however, when it comes to Africa, specifically, income is not an adequate measure to capture well-being. Furthermore, we apply the recentered influence function (RIF) method to regress the variance of social well-being on likely influencing factors. Lastly, we use the Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition technique to investigate the gap between countries with higher, and those with lower levels of social well-being. The results indicate that there are high levels of inequality; however, the inequality in social well-being is less stark than in income. Factors that are significantly related to inequality are employment, gender equality, exports, CO2 emissions, population density, public protests, capital investment, and internet access. The gap that exists between higher and lower social well-being countries is mainly due to the endowment effect.

Эколого-экономическое благополучие российских регионов: сравнительный анализ

<span>В статье представлены результаты комплексной оценки благополучия регионов РФ, выполненной с использованием мультипликативной модели, основанной на расширенной функции благосостояния А. Сена. Исследование в очередной раз подтвердило, что российские регионы в значительной степени дифференцированы по уровню социального благополучия. Однако включение в мультипликативную модель компонента, учитывающего экологический фактор, заметно сказалось на результатах оценки. В некоторых регионах РФ экологически скорректированная характеристика регионального развития оказалась заметно ниже показателя, не учитывающего этот аспект благосостояния. Показана значительность влияния экологических факторов на качество жизни на восточных территориях. В отдельных регионах с неблагоприятными экологическими условиями уровень благополучия с учетом экологического фактора заметно ниже среднероссийского. Сделан вывод о том, что реализованные в последние годы институциональные преобразования пока не способствовали заметному повышению благосостояния регионов Востока РФ.</span>