The state of health of the Russian population during the pandemic (according to sample surveys)

TL;DR

This study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the health perceptions and social well-being of the Russian population across different age and socio-demographic groups using survey data from 2019 and 2020.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of the relationship between socio-demographic factors and health assessments during the pandemic in Russia, highlighting key parameters influencing social well-being.

Findings

Gender, wealth, and residence significantly influenced health perceptions.

Changes in social well-being parameters from 2019 to 2020 were identified.

Correlations between demographic factors and health assessments were analyzed.

Abstract

The article analyzes the population's assessment of their own health and attitude to a healthy lifestyle in the context of distribution by age groups. Of particular interest is the presence of transformations taking into account the complex epidemiological situation, the increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection in the population (the peak of the incidence came during the period of selective observation in 2020). The article assesses the closeness of the relationship between the respondents ' belonging to a particular socio-demographic group and their social well-being during the period of self-isolation, quarantine or other restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. To solve this problem, the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of respondents are presented, the distribution of responses according to the survey results is estimated and the most significant factor characteristics are selected. The distributions of respondents ' responses are presented for the selected questions. To determine the closeness of the relationship between the respondents ' answers to the question and their gender or age distribution, the coefficients of mutual conjugacy and rank correlation coefficients were calculated and analyzed. The ultimate goal of the analytical component of this study is to determine the social well-being of the Russian population during the pandemic on the basis of sample survey data. As a result of the analysis of changes for the period 2019-2020, the assessment of the closeness of communication revealed the parameters that form differences (gender, wealth, territory of residence).