Transformation of the household structure and model amid population ageing

Population ageing is a complex system phenomenon with many socio-economic consequences. The fundamental problem of the approach to determine the nature and content of the phenomenon under study is its multilevel nature. This article aims to develop and test a theoretical and methodological approach to studying the consequences of population ageing at the meso-level (family and household ageing). The article proves and conceptually justifies the necessity to account for such effects. Due to insufficiently elaborated methodology of the research topic we offer the area of empirical analysis (demographic, economic, and social). We present the analysis of the features of the age structure and household size transformation in Russia. The hypothesis of increased share and number of single households consisting only of elderly people is confirmed. We provide justification for applying the index whose calculation results indicate that every fourth representative of the older generation in urban and rural areas lives alone...