The Socio-Demographic Context of Rural Poverty

• Authors: Jorde Jakimovski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A drop in standard of living does not have an equal influence on the way of life in different environments. So, for example, in more urban environments the possibility of realising greater purchasing power gets harder, and in others (economically underdeveloped) the minimal funds for food, clothing, footwear, children's education, health care etc. decrease. Poor households in rural environments have existed throughout the years. They exist today, but with different characteristics and dimensions than in the past. Chronically poor, the most vulnerable categories in the village are the households of elderly people. They represent a serious economic and social problem. Regarding the economic plan, the unexploited available capacities (cultivable soil), and on the social plan they either earn no income or a modest income.A significant number of agricultural households in the village, run the risk of becoming poorer. The participation of cash income from property is decreasing, and the participation of income from social transfers and the value of natural expenditure is increasing. The main characteristics of these households are: low education level of the members, none of them are employed, bad quality of the owned land, the elderly. There is a significant increase and profound poverty in the households of mountain village districts. Beside low incomes, the households do not have any possibility of providing enough income for a decent living, there is a greater influence of the inaccessibility of basic living conditions (road, transport connections, health care, education, postal services etc.).

Keywords

EN

population; unemployment; migration; de-agrarisation; poverty; elderly people; mountain village districts; agricultural households; mood in the village; social categories

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Eastern European Countryside
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 16
• Pages: 131-155

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2011-01-07

Contributors

author

Jorde Jakimovski

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10130-010-0007-3