стратификационная структура общества, положение женщины, социальное самочувствие, женская дискриминация, трудовая занятость, фриланс, безработица, stratification structure of society, women’s position, social well-being, discrimination of women, employment, freelance, unemployment, Economics as a science, HB71-74

The item provides a view on the results obtained from an empirical study of women’s position in the stratification structure of the present-day society in terms of the labour activity; the study was held I the North-Caucasus Federal District in 2009, 2012 - 2013, and 2014. The results showed that as far as the area of employment is concerned there is still some discrimination of women due to their being more vulnerable as compared to men, while their educational and professional capacity may be similar.