Typology of regions by households’ consumer behaviour

The article presents the findings of a joint study conducted by researchers from ISESP RAS and UGATU. The purpose of the study was to construct clusters of Russian regions on the basis of the structure of households’ expenditure on final consumption. Calculations were made using the StatGraphics package that allowed to obtain weighted coefficients of properties (expenditure on different goods and services) and to aggregate regions by type proportions in the structure of population consumer expenditure. There were identified three clusters of Russian regions according to the relation of expenditure on final consumption to expenditure on: 1) foodstuffs, 2) clothes and shoes, 3) basic consumer services. The research results may be used in development of social programmes at the regional level.