Mareeva S. V. (2019) Inequality of Life Chances in Work-Life Balance of Russians. Mo ni to ring of Pub lic Opi ni on : Eco no mic and So cial Chan ges. No. 3. P. 324—344. https: ...

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Abstract

The possibility of achieving a work-life balance can be considered as one of the types of life chances related to the quality of life. In the article, the main dimensions of inequality in the possibilities of achieving life balance in general and in different areas that compose it (with special attention devoted to the possibilities of non-production activities), are estimated on the basis of the data of all-Russian representative monitoring carried out by Institute of Sociology FCTAS RAS. It is shown that inequalities in the sphere of life balance do not smooth out other monetary and non-monetary inequalities in life chances (in particular – those in economic sphere), but, on the contrary, deepen them. It is concluded that vertical stratification remains dominant in Russian society, and those dimensions of non-monetary inequality that are associated with way of life and lifestyle, are superimposed on it rather than become the basis of horizontal stratification. Therefore, the possibility of achieving it in Russian society today is a sign of the general well-being in vertical hierarchies of other economic and non-economic life chances. The general context for formation of work-life balance concept is also taken into account - in particular, it is shown that social perceptions of life success remain fairly traditional and are connected mostly with the realization of goals in the social and work sphere that are quite achievable and complementary in the population’s own assessments.