Peculiarities of sociologic research of informal youth associations in Volgograd region

The article deals with different methods of sociological analysis of informal youth unions, including the survey of experts, participant observation and non- participant observation, the free interview, content analysis of the materials in the newspapers «Molodoy. Svezhee Reshenie» and «Volgogradskaya Pravda». The above mentioned methods of sociological research give the possibility to specify some informal youth associations in the Volgograd region.