(Capital Press Report) Recent reports reveal that more than 30% of the Angolan population is relegated
to the status of a 'poor condition', under defined parameters which evaluate the capabilities of ordinary citizens policy to purchase a common meal, translated into a simple dish of rice and beans, have adequate access to basic social services and live in a decent home.
Analysts for Catholic University of Angola's research center say two in three Angolans still live on $2 or less a day. In a study by the Institute of National Statistics which focuses on a series of social variables, 37% of Angola's population is poor, living with an average monthly income below 4,739
Kwanzas (approximately USD$50), an amount defined as the national poverty line in Angola.
The Statistics Institute reports that inadequate access to food and deprivation of some dimensions of
well-being are factors that cause 37% of the Angolan population to be referred to as being in a situation of poverty and only surviving on one meal per day.
Available data indicates that one in three Angolans revealed have an inadequate consumption of goods services. The analytical report of the
data on this survey also reveals that every person in Angola has a monthly
consumption of 6.449 Kwanzas (approximately USD$70), which corresponds to the amount of consumable income needed to meet the consumption needs of food and non-food items as well as wellness and comfort. (Angonoticias)
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