The financial situation of Polish households in 2010

Based on values of indexes describing financial standing the analyzed aggregate units (socio-economic groups of different size) were classified into classes of a similar financial position.The analysis proved that the households of self-employed people with one, two or three people and non-workmen’s households with one or two people had relatively the best situation. The households were characterised by the highest disposable income per head, the lowest percentage of people living below the thresholds of the subsistence wage and social minimum and a high rate of the percentage of cash used to satisfy higher-order needs. The pensioners’ households with three, four, five, six or more people, old age pensioners’ households with five, six or more people, farmers’ households with four, five, six or more people, workmen’s and self-employed people’s households with six or more people were in the worst financial situation. Above all, their poor situation was proved by the lowest disposable income per head and the highest share of food expenses in their budgets.