A family made up of four people, two adults and two children, in the City of Buenos Aires she needed $363,666 to be considered middle classaccording to the report of the General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses (DGEyC) porteña
Meanwhile, the Basic Food Basket (CBA), which measures the poverty threshold, for a family of four people -two adults and two children- was located at $222,601 for not being poor. Thus, the CBA increased $13,330 (+6%) compared to May and the consumer price index was also below it.
It should be noted that the baskets measured by the DGEyC of the city of Buenos Aires includes people who own propertywith which those families that should pay rent have a higher cost of living.
How much did a family in CABA need to not be considered poor
The Buenos Aires DGEyC measures what a family must earn to belong to the different social strata, taking into account that it is made up of two adults and two children.
One family was considered in a situation of indigence if you won between 0 and $131,332.96
To be considered in non-indigent poverty situationa family must have had income between $131,332.97 and $235,931.44
Those families that exceeded $235,931.45 up to $290,933.03, were considered “not vulnerable poor“
To be considered for fragile middle sectora family needed to earn between $290,933.04 and $363,666.29 in CABA.
Those families belonging to “Middle class” they must have earned between $363,666.30 and $1,163,732.15 in May
And to be considered affluent sectora family must have had $1,163,732.16 or more.
How much does a family need in CABA to rent
For a family made up of four people, two adults and two minors, at least one apartment three roomswhich according to the report of the Center for Economic and Social Studies Scalabrini Ortiz (CESO) on average it costs around $180,000.
This cost should be added to the cost of the basic baskets, in case the family does not have its own house.
Source: Ambito
