DIGITAL COMPONENT OF PEOPLES QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN THE REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The term "people's quality of life" has no universally accepted interpretation and it could be precised in light of ongoing digital transformation of society. To characterize digital component of people's quality of life six attributes were specified: availability of digital goods for people, digital skills, quality of social sphere and services in conditions of digitalization, state electronic services for people and people informational activities safety. A mixed method to estimate the digital component of people's quality of life was used, the use of this method is stipulated by the character of utilized information, namely statistical information and results of people's and households opinion polls. The Russian regional index of digital component of people's quality of life (RRIDPQL) was defined for the whole country as well for its federal districts and regions. The results of computations allowed to characterize the changes in subindices and in the integral index covering 85 regions of Russia, eight federal districts and the whole country for the period of 2015-2017. Positive dynamics of the Russian index of digital component of people's quality of life was revealed along with its very high variations for the Russian regions. The ongoing programs of information society development as well as newly elaborated programs in the Russian regions are analyzed. Not all of them pay enough attention to the six attributes of people's life digitalization. The results of this research could be used for scientific substantiation of digital economy development programs elaborated on the regional level.