PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS MIGRATION PROCESSES IN THE AMUR REGION

Abstract

The aim of this article is to estimate the migration processes concerning the Amur region as well as the population's attitude to the situation. The estimation was based on statistical data obtained in the study of migration processes in the Amur region. 1217 residents of the Amur region of 18-60 years old were the object of the sociological study. To collect the material, a special questionnaire was developed. It consisted of 57 questions designed to explore the different sides of respondents' opinions about their lifestyles and their desire and opportunities to leave for other regions of the Russian Federation and foreign countries. The calculations of intensive and extensive performance and their dynamic comparison became the research methods. As a result of the sociologic study social, professional and economic levels of the citizens of the Amur region were revealed. The basic factors influencing the willingness of respondents to leave the Amur region were found. These reasons were: poor environment (43.7%), job dissatisfaction (26.6%), high cost of living and lack of the development of the consumer market, a low level of social services (17.1%), isolation from the center for Russia, high transport rates and lack of benefits for railroad and airline tickets (9.6%). Thus, there is a relatively unfavorable current migration situation in the Amur region. To save the youth within the region, it is necessary to improve the availability and quality of education and increase employment with decent payment. Also, due to the probable misunderstanding of the way the spaceport located in the region is going to operate it is important to improve the work of mass media to clarify the conditions of the spaceport performance for the confused population. In our opinion, it is important to keep educated and able to work people in the Amur region, which can be achieved through the improvement of social-economic development of the region and quality of life.