Content №2 от 2003
Unemployed rural population of the Novosibirsk region in a sociological survey.
The paper reports the findings of a social study of the unemployed population conducted by the authors in 2002. The survey was carried out in all the rural districts of the Novosibirsk region with the use of a combined, stratified (three-stage) quota sample. The size of the sample was 1649 unemployed people. The results of the study present social and demographic characteristics and economic situation of the unemployed, causes and features of their unemployment and their social and job expectations, hidden (informal) employment and the role of state agencies in the solution of their problems. The conclusions in the study are based on the revealed tendencies.