The quality of life of the population in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2021

According to the results of a sample survey of households on the questionnaire “Quality of life of the population”, 61,3% of respondents (subjectively assessed) are satisfied with their life in general, while in rural areas there are significantly more satisfied (70,7%) than in urban (56,1%).

Compared with the same survey of the previous year, the level of satisfaction with the life of respondents has not significantly decreased (in 2020 – 63,5%).

48,7% of respondents are satisfied with their health, 47,7% are partially satisfied. Moreover, the older the respondents, the lower the percentage of those who are satisfied with their health and among respondents in retirement age that are 2,7 times less than among the age group of 15-17 years. At the same time, in comparison with the results of the survey of the previous year, the level of satisfaction of respondents with their health decreased by 1,4 percentage points (in 2020 – 50,1%).

It should be noted that, of the proposed list of providers of basic public services, respondents are most satisfied with the quality of services provided by emergency centers – 50,9% of respondents.

The level of satisfaction of respondents with their financial situation this year decreased by 1,4 percentage points and amounted to 40,2%. According to the level of material security (affluence), 65,6% of the respondents identified themselves as having an average level of security (middle class), 0,8% of the respondents identified themselves as having a high level of security, and only 0,4% of the respondents indicated a low level of security.

According to the survey results, 20,5% of respondents noted the option of being able to purchase housing independently, 42,9% - partially, while 26,5% of respondents indicated that they were satisfied with the state's support in providing housing (improving housing conditions).

More than half of the respondents (60,5%) indicated that they were confident in the moral support of relatives or acquaintances, while men and women were almost unanimous in their opinion that they would receive moral support if necessary (60,9% and 60,1%, respectively).

40,5% of respondents are positively confident about their future in the future, 33% assume that there will be an improvement in the future, and only 0,1% of respondents think that they will live worse.

www.stat.gov.kz / Official Statistics / By Industry / Living Standards Statistics

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