According to the CBOS survey, most Poles belong to the middle class. Research shows that this group accounts for as much as 75 percent of the population. In turn, Eurostat data indicate that it is 68 percent of our country citizens. Interestingly, in this respect Poland is in the European lead.
Who can we currently include in the modern middle class?
“Middle class” is a concept that is used in both sociology and economics. In the first case, the education, qualifications and nature of our work are taken into account, among others. In turn, in the second, earnings count. The most popular is the classification created by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. According to it, households belong to the middle class, where the income per person is from 75 to 200 percent. average earnings in a given country.
How much do you need to earn to belong to the middle class?
How much is it currently in Poland? – In the case of Poland, it is from just over PLN 6,000 to just over PLN 16,000 gross from the employment contract – Marcin Klucznik from the Polish Economic Institute said in an interview with TVN24.
Andrzej Marczak from KPMG recently commented on the subject of middle class attributes. In his opinion, in order to accurately define the middle class, a simple income analysis is not enough. It is much better to use a more complicated methodology taking into account, for example, the disposable income of the entire household, or to examine net income on permanent expenses.
The expert believes that the middle class is distinguished by higher financial stability, which depends on many factors. It is, among others, having a flat, loans or property. In addition, he emphasized that “PLN 6,000 in the province allows for a higher standard of living than, for example, in Warsaw.” How do you rate your financial situation? We encourage you to participate in the poll.
Source: Gazeta
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