130 thousand Belarusians received categorical assistance in first quarter of 2008

130 thousand Belarusian citizens received categorical assistance in the first quarter of 2008.  Their average monthly wages were lower than the living wage. It is twice as many as during the whole last year. Single parents and families with many children were the majority of recipients. Only 5.4 thousand out of 270 thousand pensioners whose income was lower than the living wage applied for categorical assistance.

By the way, the average sum of monthly categorical assistance is 57.4 thousand roubles while the non-permanent assistance is 100 thousands.

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