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Poverty among households in Estonia
Author(s) -
Kutsar D.,
Trumm A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 0907-2055
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1993.tb00029.x
Subject(s) - poverty , consumption (sociology) , economics , demographic economics , independence (probability theory) , estonian , social assistance , social exclusion , falling (accident) , development economics , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , medicine , social science , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , environmental health
Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union for 50 years. Now she has restored her independence and extensive transformation has started, creating acute social problems. The economic survival of the whole society has become a main goal. The authors examine different poverty lines using the family budget data of 239 households surveyed in May and August 1992 for comparison. The analysis reveals that, whereas the wages and expenditure are low compared with unregulated prices, the share of households living under the poverty line does not reflect the real situation. The poverty among Estonian households reveals a skewed structure of expenditure that indicates exclusion from the consumption‐centered way of life. Empirical evidence is given that single‐earner households and households with 3 or more children face the danger of falling into deep poverty.