The standards of living of pensioners in the Murmansk region

Nowadays research on the development of conceptual provisions governing the standard of living of pensioners is of particular importance. This actualization is due to an increase in the retirement age of the population, an increase in life expectancy, as well as a low level of material well-being of elderly citizens. The analysis of social challenges of the modern pension reform was the goal of this study, while the standard of living of pensioners in the Murmansk region is the subject of the study. A statistical analysis of social phenomena and processes in the Murmansk region (demographic characteristics of the population, the situation in the sphere of employment and living standards of the population) was used as a methodological basis for the study. The main tendencies and trends in the field of demographic development, employment development, living standards and pensions in the Murmansk region were identified in the course of the study. The conclusion of the study was the thesis that under the conditions of the new pension reform, a social challenge is the low standard of living of pensioners, whose growth in the future will cause an expansion of the social localization of poverty.