the living standards were very low at the end of the communist era, but the situation was just only improved a little bit during the 1990s. on the contrary, the living significantly due caused by the large privatization of jobs that resulted in high unemployment and rising prices. in later years lived yet 2010 nearly 10 percent of the population in absolute poverty and of these, 90% live in rural areas. the state social insurance system have relatively broad coverage but resources are extremely small.