standards of living
Material comfort levels
Standards of living refers to the level of material comfort available to a person or group, measured by factors like income, housing quality, access to healthcare, and availability of goods.
A rising standard of living means people can afford more than before.
The phrase typically appears in economic and political contexts: The treaty promised to raise standards of living across the region.
Compare with quality of life, which includes non-material factors like happiness and freedom.
- wagesPayment for work
- social classesSocietal divisions by status
- upward mobilityRising social or economic status
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
- quality of lifeGeneral life satisfaction
income · per capita income · livelihood · wealth · economic systems · healthcare · lifestyle · clean water access · education · literacy rate · mental health · social mobility · financial security · middle class · poverty rate · inflation · disposable income · minimum wage
standards of livingpoverty
Severe lack of resources
destitution · impoverishment · deprivation · indigence · penury
standards of livingsubsistence
Minimal means of living
survival mode · subsistence living · scraping by · existence · getting by
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