Determinants of the demographic situation in the region as a basis for typologization of municipalities of the Novgorod region

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the determinants of the demographic situation in municipalities of the Novgorod region using a combination of sociological and factor analysis. The subject of research is the demographic situation in the municipalities of the Novgorod region and the factors that determine its features. Based on data from official monitoring of the socio-economic situation and characteristics of the demographic situation of municipalities in the Novgorod region, the authors identified negative and positive trends. In the course of the work, a typologization of the region’s territories was carried out according to socio-ecological and economic factors, the types of demographic situation were identified, which allows to determine the level of demographic development of the region’s municipalities. A grouping of districts by a general indicator of socio-economic development of territories is presented. The results obtained are of practical importance, since on their basis the directions of socio-economic development of municipalities of the Novgorod region can be developed.