Social Well-Being and Self-Actualization Opportunities: Wealth and Age Group Divide

Elena Avraamova – Head of Department of Research for Social Development, Institute of Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Dmitry Loginov – Senior Research fellow of the Social Development Department, Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

According to the Monitoring of Social Well-Being (September 2018), the most topical social problems are related to employment: a job loss and/or cuts in wages are apprehended by nearly a quarter of employees. Over a quarter of those surveyed estimated their various aspects of life as unsatisfactory, while another quarter of respondents, positively. The share of those who can see opportunities for self-actualization in the existing socioeconomic situation is nearly twice as big as the group of those who do not.

Key words: social well-being of the population, self-realization, employment, wage, age groups, groups of material well-being.