Problems of use of integral indicators of assessment of life level
Today, in the context of aggravation of socio–economic and political problems, the standard of living of the population is the indicator that reflects the development of the state. This category should become the main criterion for the development and evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation of socio–economic policies of Ukraine, both at the national and regional levels in particular. The main goal of the article is to study the methodological foundations of assessing the standard of living of the population, using the construction of integral indicators. A specific feature of Ukraine is a significant regional differentiation of the population by living standards, requiring an integrated assessment of the living standards of the population for individual regions of Ukraine. For this purpose, we proposed the use of a regional index of living standards, taking into account certain methodological recommendations for its calculation, associated with changes in the socio–economic situation in the country and corresponding changes in the methodology of statistical observations. And also, an analysis was made of the standard of living of the population of individual regions by such an integral indicator as the regional human development index. And the regions of Ukraine were grouped by the regional human development index, the leaders and outsiders were identified. The methodological tools of the study were methods of systematization, grouping and classification, average values, indicators of variation and analysis of the series of dynamics, index calculations, correlation analysis. The period of the study of the standard of living of the population in the regions of Ukraine was chosen for the period 2004–2017. The object of the study was Ukraine as a whole and its individual regions. Given the above, it should be noted that ensuring a decent standard of living of the population should become an unconditional priority of both state and regional policies, and the quality of life of citizens should meet the ...