Characteristics of migration flows in the federal districts of Russia on qualitative grounds

The article analyzes the structure of migration flows in the Federal districts of Russia for 2008-2017 on a number of grounds: age, level of education, duration of residence in the former place. The author calculated and analyzed 26 indicators for 8 Federal districts of Russia for 10 years. In addition, the duration of residence in the former place of foreign migrants who came to Russia from a number of countries in 2000-2008 was studied. 2015-2017. The total array of calculated and analyzed indicators amounted to about 3.5 thousand. The results of the study showed that migrants are increasingly moving families with children. The features of migration flows by age, level of education and duration of residence in the former place in the Federal districts of Russia are revealed. In the Central, North Caucasus, Far East, Siberian and Southern districts, migration services often do not record the educational level of migrants who have arrived, which is a negative fact. Important reasons force people to leave their place of birth. For part of the migrants moving within the country, become permanent. The revealed tendencies and features of migration processes on a number of qualitative signs in federal districts of Russia it is expedient to consider at carrying out the modern state social and economic policy.