title: [The minimum foods basket and calculating the poverty level].
abstract: The principles of forming of the minimal food sets for the estimation of living wage is given in the historical perspective. The Russian food basket in 1999 is compared with those of FAO, USA and actual food consumption in low-income families.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Safronova
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Baturin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002017:Budgets; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004032:Diet / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics*; D005523:Food Supply; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008875:Middle Aged; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011203:Poverty; D012426:Russia; D014481:United States