Analysis of the social well-being of urban citizens: gender aspect in the conditions of digital transformation

摘要

The article discusses the social well-being of the residents of Volgograd based on the data of empirical studies of recent years. Social well-being is defined by the authors as an integral characteristic of a person who is self-aware and has an idea of the degree of his emotional, psychological, social comfort in society, by correlating his activities, lifestyle, goals with values, norms, traditions, social processes, dynamics of social development generally. Estimates of social well-being by of Volgograd citizens are lower than in neighboring regions and the country as a whole. In survey, citizens showed the low-key expectations of macro-social changes and the critical attitude to the economic situation in the country. At the same time, Volgograd citizens value of family, health, work, housing, clothing, the ability to buy food, friends, close people, their support, the ability to educate children. It is that values help Volgograd citizens to define their state of social health as positive. If the population of women is more than men in Volgograd, it is interesting to use a gender approach to understand the social well-being of urban citizens. In the article, the research results correlate with the ongoing digital transformation, as instability and/or high rate of changes in the technologies.