Serbian family's profile: One child, 1300 EUR debt and a wish for a better life

BELGRADE - Today's family in Serbia is made of three members. In fact, less than that. According to the official statistics, Serbian family has a total of 2.8 members. They live in their own apartment, they are in debt, for Serbian standards "up to their throat", and have no money for cultural events… This is how, in fact, looks an average Serbian family when one analyzes a series of surveys and data by the Republic Institute for Statistics, writes Serbian daily "Blic".

Spouses are, in average, about 42 years old and have been married for ten years. They have only one child. They live in an urban area, in their own apartment. They both graduated from high school and together monthly earn about 92,000 Serbian dinars (app. 745 eur).

Considering the consumer basket which in May amounted to about 67,000 dinars (app. 540 eur), the average Serbian family can barely make ends...

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