Аннотация:The possibility of using a contextual approach to the characterization of the external conditions of social comfort is considered on the example of a comprehensive study of the living conditions of the population. The contextual approach is interpreted in terms of using the modified main component as a dimensionality reduction method to study the structure of the external context of social comfort. The level of social tension in the regions is analyzed as an external context. As part of the study, an integral indicator of social tension was calculated according to data for 2018, the division into groups was carried out according to the median value of the indicator and modeling of social comfort factors within a single group was carried out. It is shown that in a different context of socio-economic conditions, the strength and direction of the action of social comfort factors has distinctive features.