VTsIOM survey: Russia is a country of pensioners unsatisfied with life

Among the elderly Russians, the share of those who are satisfied with their lives are less than among citizens of other ages. It is pensioners that are less likely to expect changes for the better. However, most of them claim that they feel happy. These are the results of the survey conducted by the VTsIOM by the Day of the Elderly, which is celebrated on October 1.

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As the survey showed, more than a third (33-36% depending on age) of elderly Russians are satisfied with their lives, but their share is significantly lower than, for example, among young people. So, more than half (52%) of citizens aged 18 to 24 years say that they are satisfied with the life they lead.

It is elderly people who are less likely to expect significant changes in their lives: about 60% (57-59% depending on age) of the surveyed pensioners believe that in a year they will live no better and no worse than now. Among young Russians there are no more than 40%.

At the same time, elderly citizens are more likely to expect changes to the worst (this is indicated by 19-21% of respondents depending on age) and less often hope for the best (13-16% depending on age). For comparison: almost half (48%) of young people is sure that in a year it will live better. But despite the fact that pensioners are less likely than citizens of other ages, satisfied with their lives, 56-72% of respondents still stated that they were happy.

The general director of VTsome Valery Fedorov explained to Izvestia that the reason for such social well -being is an age factor: young people, as a rule, are more optimistic, it seems to them that all roads are open and still ahead.

The expert of the Commission of the Public Chamber on Social Affairs and Demographic Policy Daria Khalturina adds that in other countries, as a rule, the level of satisfaction of life with age does not fall, this is a Russian phenomenon.

The situation that has developed in Russia, according to her, is associated not only with a low pension, but also with such a phenomenon as the social exclusion of elderly citizens, since the country is poorly developed by various structures of civil society, such as, for example, neighboring partnerships, library circles, etc.