subsistence level

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Many households in our case-study areas were living close to their minimum subsistencelevel.
Their standards of living were near or below subsistencelevel at times of crop failure.
First, the goods depicted (fruits and goats) have, as far as one can tell, only use value at a subsistencelevel.
Becoming a wage-dependent weaver did not necessarily mean a life at subsistencelevel.
Under these conditions most people's subsistence needs would be met by hunting as long as they all confined their takings to the subsistencelevel.
Generally, therefore, retired people can only apply for supplementary social assistance for occasional needs and when their means fall below the subsistencelevel.
Most people are at subsistencelevel, eking out a living.
Every fifth pensioner household in this group had a pension below the subsistencelevel, so they were compelled to sell produce to compensate for their low income.
Chow (1982) found that elders living alone were the most deprived group, and many were living barely above the subsistencelevel.
Throughout the last decade, the average real value of the state pension has been only just above the minimum subsistencelevel, and many pensioners receive substantially lower amounts.
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