Since it seems like people enjoyed my last post about poverty, I thought I’d do a quick additional analysis. (By the way, ALL posts related to poverty are tagged for your easy browsing). And why do I, a scholar of technology do all this analysis of poverty? Because my research is actually about technology and…
More poverty updates…
A few years ago I wrote a piece about measuring poverty in the South Caucasus. That paper ended with 2010, but I was talking about it with someone yesterday, so I did some quick 2012 updates. As far as monthly household income in 2012, the distribution hasn’t changed much since that 2010 paper, but you…
I’ve written before on consumption in the Caucasus, but here’s a 2012 update. Any interesting ownership differences? Azerbaijanis like A/C, I guess. No major differences here, but looks like Armenians love their phones! People bought this stuff pretty recently. I admit, this isn’t the most interesting analysis, but because it is so difficult to measure…
Since I posted a lot of analyses on economic wellbeing in the Caucasus, I thought that I’d put links to them all in one post. Overall, I hope that this gives people a better sense of what dire poverty exists in all three states. If pressed, I’d say that based on these analyses, Georgia is…
So where do people in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia get the money that they need to live? For most households, the primary source of income comes from a paid salary (43% in Armenia, 44% in Azerbaijan, 32% in Georgia). Another primary source of income for many families is a pension or other government benefit (23%…
Regional differences are a big deal in the Caucasus. Thus, I did a comparison between capital city residents, those that live in regional cities, and rural villagers with the 2010 Caucasus Barometer. In Armenia in 2010, people living in the capital have the most consumption ability (mean = 2.33), followed by regional cities (mean =…
Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians were asked to estimate what percentage of their income is used for food and utilities. Overall, people in the Caucasus aren’t spending a lot on utilities. Food, on the other hand, uses up quite a bit of a family’s income. In all three countries, about half of all families spend more…
So with all this poverty, how much money are Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians making? In Armenia in 2010, the average monthly income was about $200 (mean = 4.74, SD = 1.28). In Azerbaijan in 2010, the average monthly income was about $300 (mean = 4.17, SD = 1.28). In Georgia in 2010, the average monthly…
With the high level of poverty, it is not surprising that many Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians borrow money to buy food. In Armenia, the number of households that have to borrow money regularly has grown from 13% in 2007 to 31% in 2010. Nearly a third of all Armenian families borrow money MONTHLY to buy…