Need satisfaction in rural population with uncertain incomes
Need satisfaction in rural population with uncertain incomes

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the synthetic index of need satisfaction in rural population with uncertain incomes. It focuses on individuals and groups that are prone to fail to satisfy their needs and, consequently, face the threat of a low living standards. It finds that men who graduated from vocational schools are much more likely to have their needs unfulfilled. It is also found that one-person households and pre-pensioners more frequently encounter difficulties trying to fully satisfy their needs than young people or participants of more complex types of households. Difficulties in satisfying needs are experienced primarily by people whose household’s per capita income does not exceed PLN 1000 and who have temporary jobs.

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