subsistence level

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the minimum level of income or resources needed to survive

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  • Most of the population lives at subsistence level.
  • The aid organization aims to lift families above the subsistence level.
  • Many people in developing countries struggle to reach even a subsistence level of income.
  • The government's new policy hopes to ensure that no citizen falls below the subsistence level.
  • Their farming practices only allowed them to live at a subsistence level.
  • After the disaster, survivors were left with only the bare essentials for subsistence level living.
  • Economic hardship forces many to work for wages that barely keep them at a subsistence level.
  • The report highlights the critical need for resources to move beyond subsistence level for marginalized communities.
  • Historically, entire communities survived at a subsistence level through traditional methods.
  • It is a global challenge to provide opportunities for people to rise above a subsistence level.