STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF REALIZATION THE RIGHT TO A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The aim of the work is to substantiate and practically implement methodological approaches to the statistical estimation of realization of the right to a decent standard of living in modern Ukraine. It is determined that in the absence of objective quantitative criteria the estimation of peoples’ being provided with a decent standard of living should be built upon comparison of country’s actual current achievements the and either its previous results, standards (norms, plans) or other countries’ progress. Despite the extremely wide range of indicators which can be used, this research is conducted on the base of the most significant of them only, such as level and equality of households’ income, structure of households’ expenditures, level of wages and indicators of meeting the nutritional needs of people. It has been founded during the research that modern Ukraine does not provide a decent standard of living for its population, and in recent years its lagging behind the developed economies has been increasing. It is proved that there is one possible way of overcoming this gap, which is to acquire a proper economic basis, and this can be done only under the circumstances of consistently high rates of economic growth.