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∘ Tsitsino Gvritishvili ∘
SOCIAL-DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD HEALTH

Summary

The article is based on the materials of sociological survey, carried out among students by Ilia State University Institute of demography and sociology in 2016-2017, the aim of which was to study their attitudes toward health and peculiarities of their self-preservative behavior.

Concentrating attention on the research of youth’s, among them students’ attitude toward health is stipulated by the fact that the mentioned group, posing as the potential of a country’s labor and population resources, is characterized by not so enviable tendencies of demographic indicators, including mortality.

In addition to the results of the sociological survey, the article also incorporates materials from 2014 Georgian population census, together with the works of Georgian and foreign scientists holding jobs in the field of sociology. The presented article deals with the approved methodological approaches, which are important in terms of social-demographic analysis of population’s attitude toward health.

Out of the vast material derived from the sociological survey conducted on the basis of the mentioned methodological approaches, the article analyzes only some of the social-demographic aspects. Namely, how students value their health in the hierarchy of value system, self-assessment of their own health, the level and factors of healthcare.

With the help of the data received from life expectancy tests, the work further investigates attitudes toward such harmful and risky behaviors as smoking, consumption of alcohol and narcotics among students.

Lastly, the article touches upon the impact of family and beyond-family relationships on the health of students, as well as their opinions regarding ideal, desired and expected life expectancy.

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics International Scientific C O N F E R E N C E S "ECONOMY – XXI CENTURY"

E ISSN 2587 - 4691	∘ Tsitsino Gvritishvili ∘ SOCIAL-DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD HEALTH Summary The article is based on the materials of sociological survey, carried out among students by Ilia State University Institute of demography and sociology in 2016-2017, the aim of which was to study their attitudes toward health and peculiarities of their self-preservative behavior. Concentrating attention on the research of youth’s, among them students’ attitude toward health is stipulated by the fact that the mentioned group, posing as the potential of a country’s labor and population resources, is characterized by not so enviable tendencies of demographic indicators, including mortality. In addition to the results of the sociological survey, the article also incorporates materials from 2014 Georgian population census, together with the works of Georgian and foreign scientists holding jobs in the field of sociology. The presented article deals with the approved methodological approaches, which are important in terms of social-demographic analysis of population’s attitude toward health. Out of the vast material derived from the sociological survey conducted on the basis of the mentioned methodological approaches, the article analyzes only some of the social-demographic aspects. Namely, how students value their health in the hierarchy of value system, self-assessment of their own health, the level and factors of healthcare. With the help of the data received from life expectancy tests, the work further investigates attitudes toward such harmful and risky behaviors as smoking, consumption of alcohol and narcotics among students. Lastly, the article touches upon the impact of family and beyond-family relationships on the health of students, as well as their opinions regarding ideal, desired and expected life expectancy.