The scale used for the calculation of the households' expenditure level and determination of poverty thresholds (relative and subsistence minimum), in order to eliminate the effect of the socio-demographic composition of household on the maintenance cost. According to this scale, weight 1 is attributed to the first person in the household at the age of 14 or more, weight 0,7 – to any other person at the age 14 or more, weight 0,5 – to every child under 14 years old.