Monitoring the economic transition in the Russian Federation and its implications for the demographic crisis — the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey

• Published in: World development Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 1977 - 1993
• Main Authors: Zohoori, Namvar, Mroz, Thomas A., Popkin, Barry, Glinskaya, Elena, Lokshin, Michael, Mancini, Dominic, Kozyreva, Polina, Kosolapov, Mikhail, Swafford, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, Eng Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1998; Elsevier; Pergamon Press; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: World Development
• Subjects: Alcohol; alcohol consumption; Alcohol use; Crisis; Demographics; Demography; Economic indicators; Economic Policy; Economic reform; economic transformation; Europe; Expenditures; Household income; Income; Mortality; mortality crisis; Nutrition; Nutritional status; Obesity; Privatization; Russia; safety net; Social conditions; Social conditions & trends; Statistical analysis; Studies; Survey analysis; Transition; Transition economies; Russia; privatization; Europe; safety net; alcohol consumption; economic transformation; Russia; mortality crisis
• ISSN: 0305-750X; 1873-5991
• DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00099-0

Using data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, we provide information regarding changes in individual and household economic indicators, as well as alcohol consumption and nutritional status in Russia during 1992–1996. During this period, there have been declines in income and expenditure, and substantial increases in the prevalence of poverty. At the same time, per capita alcohol consumption has risen significantly, as has the prevalence of obesity. We discuss the significance of these findings within the context of the current mortality crisis in Russia.