Russian Citizens’ Health Self-Assessment Dynamics: Relevant Trends of the Post-Soviet Era

Occupation: First Deputy Director; Head of the Center for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute for Social Policy
Affiliation:
Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Alexander I. Smirnov

Occupation: Senior researcher
Affiliation: Institute of Sociology of FCTAS RAS
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 4

Pages

70-81

Abstract

This study is devoted to analyzing Russian citizens’ health self-assessment dynamics during the post-Soviet era. Based on from the “Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey – Higher School of Economics” (RLMS-HSE) data, it was found that Russian citizens’ self-evaluation of their health remains low. However, despite hardships of the last decade, when the population suffered from yet another in living standards decline, the people currently consider themselves to be slightly healthier compared to the post-transformational era of recovery growth. Though as of this moment the aforementioned trend has nearly come to an end: now Russian citizens are increasingly more worried about their health status. As was the case previously, rural residents have a higher evaluation of their health compared to people living in cities: they are less frequent to report not only dangerous chronic illnesses, but also less severe diseases. Elder citizens consider their health condition to be especially poor. Such factors as constant material deprivation, a limited or absent ability to work and communicate with other people, solitude, uncertainty and a lack of clear prospects in their lives all take a serious toll on their health.

Keywords

health, monitoring, self-assessment of health, social adaptation, social wellbeing, life satisfaction

Received

06.04.2020

Publication date

27.04.2020

Number of characters

28471

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GOST	Kozyreva P., Smirnov A. Russian Citizens’ Health Self-Assessment Dynamics: Relevant Trends of the Post-Soviet Era // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 4 C. 70-81 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250009116-0-1-en (circulation date: 15.10.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009116-0
MLA	Kozyreva, Polina M, Smirnov, Alexander I "Russian Citizens’ Health Self-Assessment Dynamics: Relevant Trends of the Post-Soviet Era." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 4 (2020):70-81. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009116-0
APA	Kozyreva P., Smirnov A. (2020). Russian Citizens’ Health Self-Assessment Dynamics: Relevant Trends of the Post-Soviet Era. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (4), pp.70-81 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009116-0

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