The Russians have called the minimum necessary for life income – RBC

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Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) on Wednesday, August 12 released the results of a survey about how much money per person per month, according to the Russians, they must be the family to make ends meet. According to the Russians in general, to a life without excesses during the month should be enough for about 23 thousand. Rub.

The greatest divergence in the assessment necessary for life income per family member was observed in residents of rural areas and medium-sized cities . If the villagers would be enough to live on average 17 414 rubles., The residents of cities with a population of 100-500 thousand. People have called the amount of 27,970 rubles. Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg to assess the need for a life income of 25,153 rubles.

Those who, in their own words, “hardly make ends meet” and sometimes do not have the means to buy food, find enough life income of 18 800 rubles. At the same time, most respondents provided, which, in their own estimation, can afford an apartment, villa and other expensive purchases, set the bar at an average of 31,935 rubles.

The average score required for the life of a minimum income Russians have more than twice the amount that they consider poverty. The respondents generally attributed to the category of the poor family, if her income per member does not exceed 11,173 rubles. In villages, the poverty threshold is considered income in the 10 th. Rub. In the cities – about 13 thousand. Rub.

At the same time the separation of the respondents by income poverty threshold is lower, the better financial situation. So, if those who “hardly make ends meet,” says poverty income 13 517 rubles. per person, the respondents, who can afford expensive things, lowered the bar to 10 258 rubles.

According to Rosstat, published in June, the number of Russian citizens with incomes below the subsistence level of the first quarter of 2015 the year increased by 3.1 million compared to the same period last year. A year ago, in the period from January to March, the number of poor Russians was 13.8% (19.8 million people), in early 2015 incomes below the subsistence minimum have been 15.9%, or 22.9 million people in Russia.

According to the agency, the cost of living in the first quarter of 2015 rose to 9662 rubles. and it is by 25.7% higher than in the first quarter of 2014 (7688 rub.). The average income of the population at the beginning of the year amounted to 25.2 thousand. Rub. – 261% of the subsistence minimum.