DOI: 10.17072/2078-7898/2018-2-287-296

HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR OF ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE RUSSIANS: MODELS AND DYNAMICS^*

Natalia A. Lebedeva-Nesevria
Doctor of Sociology, Docent

Head of Social Risk Analysis Laboratory,
Federal Scientific Center for Medical
and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies,
82, Monastyrskaya str., Perm, 614045, Russia;

Professor of the Department of Sociology,
Perm State University,
15, Bukirev str., Perm, 614990, Russia;

e-mail: natnes@fcrisk.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-3036-3542

Yulia S. Markova
Senior Lecturer of the Department of Sociology

Perm State University,
15, Bukirev str., Perm, 614990, Russia;
e-mail: julyamarkova@gmail.com
ORCID: 0000-0002-6271-9403

The paper defines the characteristic features of health-related behavior typical of economically active Russians, which is done based on the results of Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS). It is shown that Russians are not involved into active practices of health preservation — most of them do not do any physical exercises, half of the respondents hardly have three meals per day, one third of the respondents smoke. Self-medication is widespread among economically active population — most of those who had had health problems during last 30 days on the day of the survey had not attended the doctor. The analysis of health-related behaviors from 2006 to 2016 shows the lack of dynamics. The only changes that have been revealed are the reduction in the number of smokers (from 43 % in 2006 to 34 % in 2016) and increase in the number of those who do physical exercises at least once a week (from 21 % in 2006 to 32 % in 2016). The percentage of respondents that prefer self-medication and avoid preventive medical examinations did not change significantly. The authors used cluster analysis as a method to identify types of health-related behavior among economically active population in Russia. As a result, four groups differing by the type of health-related behavior were revealed: those demonstrating «high interest in health protection», «moderate interest in health protection», «inconsistent behavior», «passive behavior» and «destructive (risk) behavior». Only fifth part of the respondents can be associated with high or moderate interest in health protection. The authors proved that risk health-related behavior is typical of men, while passive health-related behavior — of women. People with low socio-economic status also tend to such types of behaviors.

Keywords: economically active population, health-related behavior, models of behavior.

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Received 30.04.2018

For citation:

Lebedeva-Nesevria N.A., Markova Yu.S. Health-related behavior of economically active Russians: models and dynamics // Perm University Herald. Series «Philosophy. Psychology. Sociology». 2018. Iss. 2. P. 287–296. DOI: 10.17072/2078-7898/2018-2-287-296