Methodical approaches to assessment of the availability of a quality nutrition to Russian house-holds

The article describes the methodology for assessment of nutrition quality with an integral index of nutrition quality. This index includes objective (caloric value and quantity of animal proteins) and subjective (self-assessment by people) indicators of the nutrition of Russian households. The methodology was tested on the NOBUS survey, which contains both objective and subjective measures of nutrition. Analysis of the index values by socio-demographic types, residence (urban/rural) and income levels (poor/non-poor) made it possible to identify the main factors, which have a negative impact on the caloric value and quality of nutrition of the Russian households.