SOCIAL INTOLERANCE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE SARATOV REGION)
The article is devoted to the problem of sociological research of the phenomenon of social intolerance in modern Russian society in the regional dimension. The article is based on the results of a sociological study conducted in 2019 by sociologists of the Saratov State University. According to the calculations of the sample, 384 people, residents of Saratov, were interviewed during the study. Groups by sex and age (generations) are represented in equal proportions. The model of measuring attitudes towards different socio-demographic groups involved a range of scale positions from the degree of maximum acceptance to total distance. Representatives of deviant groups (drug addicts, alcoholics, prostitutes, people of non-traditional sexual orientation) formed a cluster of high level of intolerance of Saratov. Towards them, most of the respondents experience hatred, condemnation and rejection. Age, as further analysis has shown, is also relevant in assessing intolerance towards members of deviant groups. An analysis of the territorial characteristics of social intolerance also showed the statistical significance of correlation. Thus, most often intolerance towards representatives of deviant groups is shown by residents of the central districts of Saratov.