REGIONAL FEATURES OF DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOR OF THEPOPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
The article draws attention to the problems of demographic development in the FarEast. The low standard and quality of life reduce the attractiveness of the region for thepurpose of resettlement for permanent residence. Different socio-economic and natural-geographical conditions create the need to supplement demographic programs that takeinto account the peculiarities and conditions of life in the Far East. The possibility ofusing the concept of "demographic behavior” for the analysis of the current situation isconsidered. This concept includes natural reproduction, migration and social mobility ofthe population. Demographic behavior is considered as the main trend in the formation ofmass behavior, affecting the entire population, regardless of its qualitative composition.As a positive example of a policy that forms mass behavior, the results of attracting thepopulation to the region, which were used in the construction of the BAM, when theresettlement of entire labor collectives for construction was practiced, are presented. Theresults of the author's research on the study of the existing differentiation of demographicindicators are presented. In the typology carried out, there are no previously noted regulardifferences in reproductive and migratory behavior. In the context of differentiation ofdemographic indicators, depending on the natural resource potential and the level of socioeconomic development, possible approaches to solving the accumulated demographicproblems are proposed. The directions of stabilization of the demographic potential of theFar East have been clarified, taking into account the peculiarities of the existing structureof the population and the possibilities of overcoming negative trends.