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· Although more goods are available, they are often beyond the means of the average worker · Only a small portion have become extremely wealthy, having luxurious automobiles, clothing and other forms of material wealth · At the lower end of the social scale is the “Working Poor” and are in agriculture, education, culture, science and health, most of which are considered middle-class fields in the west. The “Working Poor” include young parents with little work experience and more than one child · Poor Income Group include families with one or more children · Lowest Income Group include families with three or more children and most single-parent families · State employees, who suffer from price increases and no wage adjustments, often fall below the official poverty line · In many cases the younger generation have less earning power that the generation that preceded them · Official income statistics are distorted because many Russians underreport their incomes to avoid taxes and because these statistics ignore non-income sources such as property
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