Households

 What is the SECTOR in the city like

     At present 49.2% of families in the republic live in poverty and 16.2% - in extreme poverty. Families headed by women are less poor than families headed by men.

      In modern conditions, women appeared to be the most mobile: on the one hand, they fulfill low-skill, low-paid work , on the other hand, they are engaged in entrepreneurship, “shuttle” business, providing incomes necessary to support their family.

Source: Basic results of the first national census of the population of the Kyrgyz Republic. National statistical committee. 1999;    Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population. Bishkek.,-2000.