In Indonesia.
Average income: $200
Cost of living:
1. House rent (including utility bills): $65
2. Transportation: $10-$30
3. Food: $60-$100
All calculations per month, cost of standard meal around $0.64-$1.28 which usually you will get rice, fried chicken, some vegetables and ice tea.
and some in area, there is lower salary than that,lets say people work for small business man, they will pay you about 50-70$ in a month and the worse is no free day in a week, that mean we should work 7day/week.
Is this in Indonesia as well? I'm quite surprised because here in PH some areas has the same scenario as this. They were called the Labors, those individuals who barely finished their secondary educations, they work for small business man with that same range of salary and a free 1 meal per day (launch meal).
I don't know how these people survived, but they actually do, and they seemed happy and contented with their financial status. So, therefore I conclude that no matter how low your salary is, a person could still find a way how to survive. The same goes with the people who has high salaries, they tend to survive with tons of lons and financial responsibilities.