SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TERRITORIES AND THE APPLICATION OF CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19372035Keywords:
coefficient, territorial classification, cluster analysis, social risk.Abstract
The article justifies the need to group regions by socio-economic risk profile and apply correction coefficients
in financing. Regional differences in poverty, unemployment, per capita income and coverage of social payments were
analyzed in 2021–2024, and a cluster analysis was conducted based on 2024 indicators. As a result, the regions were
divided into three groups: low-risk, medium-risk and high-risk regions.
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