Standard of living as a criterion of socio-economic stratification of Kazakhstani society

Abstract

The formation of a market economy in the post-Soviet republics is accompanied by a transformation of the main elements of the social system and a transition to a new socio-economic system. The global economic crisis in the countries that emerged on the territory of the former USSR led to a significant decline in production volumes in all sectors, a low level of capital accumulation, aging production potential, a long period of time for the formation of new forms of ownership and market institutions, high levels of inflation and unemployment, low levels of efficiency functioning of the economy [1].

The consequence of the economic crisis and market transformations was a decrease in the standard of living of the population and increased social differentiation of society. The relevance of the work carried out by the author in 1994-2024. The research lies in the fact that its subject determines the content of one of the most important aspects of the transformation of modern society in a post-Soviet state, which is the Republic of Kazakhstan. Analysis of the content and direction of social differentiation of Kazakhstani society, changes in the standard of living of the population represents an economic and social problem, the scientific solution of which provides a systematic understanding of the entirety of the ongoing social transformations.