Русский SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE YOUTH OF THE ARCTIC REGION: ASSESSMENTS AND LIFE GUIDELINES (BASED ON THE RESULTS OF A SOCIOLOGICAL SURVEY IN 2007-2017 OF THE MURMANSK REGION).

Abstract

The article is a summary of the sociological survey of the population of the Murmansk region conducted in 2007-2017. Social expectations, attitudes, material self-assessments, purchasing power, social mood and social well-being of young people in the northern region were studied. Regional problems that concern young people are identified. Low indicators were recorded: the purchasing power of young people and the reserve of patience when compared with the estimates of the entire population of the Murmansk region. The results of the sociological survey allowed us to draw the following conclusions: young people's opinions about the place of the northern region in comparison with other regions are more optimistic than those of the rest of the population; young people in the northern region are primarily concerned about the problems of inflation; low living standards and poverty, economic instability and business stoppages; in general, the estimates of material self-identification, life satisfaction and confidence in the future, compared to the population of the Murmansk region, are slightly higher; there is a high involvement of the youth of the northern region in socio-political processes; against the background of low purchasing power of the population and a low reserve of patience, the growth of protest moods of the youth of the Arctic region and the desire to defend their rights is not surprising; the moods of young women in the Arctic region are more optimistic than the moods of men; in general, there are low assessments of confidence in the future; low assessments of social patience of young northerners in comparison with young Russians.