Shandar A. Quality of life of rural population: evaluation and improvement directions

The dissertation is devoted to the study of theoretical and methodological approaches of evaluation of the quality of life of the rural population and directions of its improvement. As a result of the study, the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the theory of quality of life was organized, within which the key characteristics of quality of life (interdisciplinarity, multifacetedness, entegrity, axiology, compliance with needs) and levels of research (global, macro-, micro-, individual) were determined; the interrelations with other concepts (level, style, way and conditions of life) are substantiated and it is determined that the basis for their formation and understanding are needs and values; the importance of studying the concept of "quality of life" through the prism of the principles of sustainable development and socio-economy; the interpretation of the concepts "quality of life of the population" and "level of quality of life of the population" is specified.