ISSN-L: 0798-1015   •   eISSN: 2739-0071 (On line)

Vol. 42 (Issue 20) Year 2021. Art. 3

Received: 11/10/2021 • Approved: 19/10/2021 • Published: 30/10/2021
DOI: 10.48082/espacios-a21v42n20p03

Social professional portrait of the middle class: regional aspect (Case Study: the City of Omsk-Russia)

Retrato social profesional de la clase media: aspecto regional (Estudio de caso: la ciudad de Omsk-Rusia)

DEREVIANCHENKO, Iurii I.1
RUDI, Amina S.2

Abstract
The study analyzes the regional features of the social-professional characteristics of the middle class and the migration attitudes of the middle-class youth (for example, in the city of Omsk). The empirical basis of the study is the data of a sociological survey conducted at the Department of Sociology of Dostoevsky Omsk State University in 2021.The collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). It is concluded that the position of the middle class and factors of migration relations are associated with the social-economic conditions for the development of creative environment in the city.
Key words: middle class, social stratification, creative city, migration

Resumen
El estudio analiza las características socioprofesionales de la clase media y las actitudes migratorias de los jóvenes de clase media (por ejemplo, en la ciudad de Omsk). La base empírica del estudio son los datos de una encuesta sociológica realizada en el Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad Estatal Dostoievski Omsk en 2021, cuyos datos recopilados se analizaron mediante el Paquete Estadístico de Ciencias Sociales (SPSS). Se concluye que la posición de la clase media y los factores de las relaciones migratorias están asociados con las condiciones socioeconómicas para el desarrollo del entorno creativo en la ciudad.
Palabras clave: clase media, estratificación social, ciudad creativa, migración

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Acknowledgment

The reported study was funded by RFBR and EISR, project number 21-011-31455 "The middle class of a million-plus city: socio-cultural values and practices of civic and political activism".

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1. PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology. Dostoevsky Omsk State University, OmSU. Russian Federation. Email: der@bk.ru

2. PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of History, Philosophy and Cultural Studies. Omsk State Transport University. Russian Federation. Email: amina_rudi@mail.ru