{"id":448639,"date":"2020-08-13T19:12:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T19:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448639"},"modified":"2020-08-13T19:21:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T19:21:03","slug":"study-main-sources-of-income-and-ways-of-spending-money-of-the-moldovan-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/study-main-sources-of-income-and-ways-of-spending-money-of-the-moldovan-middle-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Main sources of income and ways of spending money of the Moldovan middle class"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>According to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/statistica.gov.md\/newsview.php?l=ro&amp;idc=168&amp;id=6663\">data<\/a> presented by the <strong>National Bureau of Statistics(NBS)<\/strong>, a citizen of the Republic of Moldova earned on average\u00a0<strong>7633.9 lei<\/strong> per month or about 390 euro (gross amount) at the beginning of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Moldova is the country with one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/monitorul.fisc.md\/editorial\/salariul-minim-garantat-in-sectorul-real-va-constitui-2935-lei-lunar.html\">lowest<\/a> guaranteed minimum wage in Europe &#8211;\u00a0<strong>2935 lei<\/strong> per month (about 150 euro) and, at the same time, the country where\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300\">2 515 people obtained incomes higher than one million lei in 2019<\/span> (as compared to 2018 &#8211; 1760 persons), as\u00a0the State Fiscal Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfs.md\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18jl3v3EDN5Eph-6ujbfvabQX_UzC1eYc\/view\">survey<\/a> on lifestyle and financial views of middle and upper-middle class from 6 post-Soviet countries, prepared for<strong> Noblet Media CIS by Info Sapiens Research Agency<\/strong>, revealed that 49% of respondents have a monthly income less than 300 euro. On the other hand, 13% said they earn more than 1000 euro per month.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about their priorities, 61% of respondents say they are mostly focused on improving economic well-being, while 24% aim to achieve personal popularity or a higher status.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448640\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448640\" class=\"wp-image-448640 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1-400x181.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Info Sapiens\u00a0 for Noblet Media CIS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For almost a third of questioned Moldovans (32%), working as a part of a global private company represents the dream job, while 17% of them would like to work as a part of local private company and the same share would move to a job in the non-governmental sector at the local level. Only 13% of respondents said they dream to start their own business. Why is that? Maybe because 48% of respondents answered they would like to make as few decisions as possible at work.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The NBS <a href=\"https:\/\/statistica.gov.md\/newsview.php?l=ro&amp;idc=168&amp;id=6614\">says<\/a> that half of the Moldovan population (<span style=\"color: #993300\">50.2%<\/span>) have salaries as the main source of income. 18.7% of the population earn from social benefits. 15.2% of Moldovan people are self-employed and 12.5% pinned their hope on money transfers from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>When talking about where this money is spent, the biggest part of expenditures is food consumption (<span style=\"color: #993300\">40.6%<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>16.2% of the total household budget is directed to the house maintainence, 9.7% to expenditures for clothing and footwear, 6.1% to transport services, 5.2% to health services, 5.1% to housing equipment and 4.5% to communication services. Leisure, cultural activities or travelling are not even listed as a separate expenditure category in the case of Moldovans.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>People from Moldova belonging to middle class prefer to spend their money on clothes, footwear and personal care (30%), as well as on meeting with friends and entertainment (29%), beside food and utility costs. In the meantime, 53% of respondents said they aim at more conscious consumption.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448641\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448641\" class=\"wp-image-448641 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2-400x180.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Info Sapiens\u00a0 for Noblet Media CIS<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">66%<\/span> of people who live in Moldova have their own accommodation, 20% rent one, while 18% of them live with parents or other relatives\/ friends, as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18jl3v3EDN5Eph-6ujbfvabQX_UzC1eYc\/view\">survey<\/a> on lifestyle and financial views of middle and upper-middle class demonstrated. Moreover, <span style=\"color: #993300\">36%<\/span> of Moldovans who answered the survey believe that acquiring real estate is the best way to manage their savings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448643\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448643\" class=\"wp-image-448643 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3-400x180.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Info Sapiens\u00a0 for Noblet Media CIS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Moldovan middle class is scattered, as it only slowly emerges from the majority of the population that has a low level of income. Sometimes,\u00a0it is undecided, uneducated regarding personal finance management and too much focused on material things. Still, things can change\u00a0with the new generations.<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0Jp Valery| Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>According to the official data presented by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), a citizen of the Republic of Moldova earned on average\u00a07633.9 lei per month or about 390 euro (gross amount) at the beginning of 2020. Moldova is the country with one of the lowest guaranteed minimum wage in Europe &#8211;\u00a02935 lei per month (about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":448642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[736,35,735,833,27,832,394,95,501],"class_list":["post-448639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-society","tag-expenses","tag-important","tag-income","tag-middle-class","tag-moldova","tag-money","tag-population","tag-society","tag-study"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>According to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/statistica.gov.md\/newsview.php?l=ro&amp;idc=168&amp;id=6663\">data<\/a> presented by the <strong>National Bureau of Statistics(NBS)<\/strong>, a citizen of the Republic of Moldova earned on average\u00a0<strong>7633.9 lei<\/strong> per month or about 390 euro (gross amount) at the beginning of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Moldova is the country with one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/monitorul.fisc.md\/editorial\/salariul-minim-garantat-in-sectorul-real-va-constitui-2935-lei-lunar.html\">lowest<\/a> guaranteed minimum wage in Europe &#8211;\u00a0<strong>2935 lei<\/strong> per month (about 150 euro) and, at the same time, the country where\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300\">2 515 people obtained incomes higher than one million lei in 2019<\/span> (as compared to 2018 &#8211; 1760 persons), as\u00a0the State Fiscal Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfs.md\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18jl3v3EDN5Eph-6ujbfvabQX_UzC1eYc\/view\">survey<\/a> on lifestyle and financial views of middle and upper-middle class from 6 post-Soviet countries, prepared for<strong> Noblet Media CIS by Info Sapiens Research Agency<\/strong>, revealed that 49% of respondents have a monthly income less than 300 euro. On the other hand, 13% said they earn more than 1000 euro per month.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about their priorities, 61% of respondents say they are mostly focused on improving economic well-being, while 24% aim to achieve personal popularity or a higher status.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448640\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448640\" class=\"wp-image-448640 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study1-400x181.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Info Sapiens\u00a0 for Noblet Media CIS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For almost a third of questioned Moldovans (32%), working as a part of a global private company represents the dream job, while 17% of them would like to work as a part of local private company and the same share would move to a job in the non-governmental sector at the local level. Only 13% of respondents said they dream to start their own business. Why is that? Maybe because 48% of respondents answered they would like to make as few decisions as possible at work.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The NBS <a href=\"https:\/\/statistica.gov.md\/newsview.php?l=ro&amp;idc=168&amp;id=6614\">says<\/a> that half of the Moldovan population (<span style=\"color: #993300\">50.2%<\/span>) have salaries as the main source of income. 18.7% of the population earn from social benefits. 15.2% of Moldovan people are self-employed and 12.5% pinned their hope on money transfers from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>When talking about where this money is spent, the biggest part of expenditures is food consumption (<span style=\"color: #993300\">40.6%<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>16.2% of the total household budget is directed to the house maintainence, 9.7% to expenditures for clothing and footwear, 6.1% to transport services, 5.2% to health services, 5.1% to housing equipment and 4.5% to communication services. Leisure, cultural activities or travelling are not even listed as a separate expenditure category in the case of Moldovans.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>People from Moldova belonging to middle class prefer to spend their money on clothes, footwear and personal care (30%), as well as on meeting with friends and entertainment (29%), beside food and utility costs. In the meantime, 53% of respondents said they aim at more conscious consumption.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448641\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448641\" class=\"wp-image-448641 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study2-400x180.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Info Sapiens\u00a0 for Noblet Media CIS<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">66%<\/span> of people who live in Moldova have their own accommodation, 20% rent one, while 18% of them live with parents or other relatives\/ friends, as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18jl3v3EDN5Eph-6ujbfvabQX_UzC1eYc\/view\">survey<\/a> on lifestyle and financial views of middle and upper-middle class demonstrated. Moreover, <span style=\"color: #993300\">36%<\/span> of Moldovans who answered the survey believe that acquiring real estate is the best way to manage their savings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_448643\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-448643\" class=\"wp-image-448643 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/study3-400x180.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-448643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Info Sapiens\u00a0 for Noblet Media CIS<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Moldovan middle class is scattered, as it only slowly emerges from the majority of the population that has a low level of income. Sometimes,\u00a0it is undecided, uneducated regarding personal finance management and too much focused on material things. 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