%0 Journal Article %T Historical transformation of monitoring of state social policy %A Zavyalov A.I. %A Erugina M.V. %A Vlasova M.V. %A Sazanova G.U. %J Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research %D 2012 %I Saratov State Medical University %X Objective: To study the opinion of citizens of the Russian federation (citizens of Saratov) according to population census. Materials and methods: There were interviewed 307 persons (residents of the city of Saratov). Sociological and statistical methods of research were used. Results: The most common way of participation in the census is filling rewriter questionnaire at home. The main reason for non-participation in the census is the insufficient number of enumerators. Conclusion: Saratov citizens have a positive attitude towards the census of the population and consider it as a necessary event. There was no single opinion revealed on the way of conducting of the next population census %K attitude of population to census %K population census %K questionnaire %U http://www.ssmj.ru/system/files/201201_119-121_.pdf