50 years of research work: its directions and main results

1.. The main directions of research are interconnected and they require not only a system but also a complex analysis that allows one to see how the results, obtained at one stage, further next steps and advance the progress on the way to investigation of real processes. 2.. The half-century history of studies in the socio-economic sphere shows the necessity of changing the paradigm of investigations and assessment of the main aspects of the state and vital activities of population. This concerns the following directions of research: - the need to change the paradigm of estimating the minimum consumption standards guaranteed by the state; this concerns poverty in the first line; • ·introduction of the gender concept into the analysis of social relations; • a new paradigm of the differentiation of the population as a totality of families; • considering socio-demographic processes in the medico-biological context; • changing the civilizational paradigm determining behaviour models at the macro- and micro-levels. 3. The final results, in a sense, may be essentially presented by three groups. The first group of results has a theoretico-methodological character, the second provides answers to many methodological questions, and the third one is aimed at solving practical tasks in the sphere of social policy.