Almost 80% of Kazakhstan citizens spend the entire salary - the survey

For a long period of time, the salary of a significant number of people do not change. The official statistics show constant growth in the subsistence minimum and in the minimum salary of the population in various spheres every year. The data is actively used by representatives of state bodies, which indicate positive results of the current policy. At the same time, when we received the results of sociological surveys, we observed that the average income in a family of four people in 2017 was 136 thousand tenge," said the sociologist.

When people answer such a question, the most common option is the average one. If we look at what the "average material situation" stand for, then this income was 136 thousand tenge. When I announced such income, people from regions called: "There are no salaries of 100 thousand tenge." I'm always embarrassed, but nevertheless these are the results of the survey. I read the article of the deputy, where he gave good data: our average well-being last year was 4,441 dollars, with a median of 334 dollars with a difference of 13 times," said Ileuova.

14.5% said they can save a certain amount, 40% spend everything immediately and 43% said they will save if they can. In fact, 80% of Kazakhstanis spend their entire salary immediately, 31% said they do not have savings, 42% have savings in order to survive up to six months in case they do not work," said the speaker.

Of course, a relatively large number of Kazakhstanis, three-quarters, estimate their position as an average and above average, but we can also observe a difficult financial situation for a significant number of people that do not improve for a long time. People discuss whether to take a loan or not. And, people, for example, do not buy household equipment on loan, but they take a loan to repair this household equipment," said the expert.