What comes to mind when thinking about standard of living? How would you describe it or define it in general?
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Anonymous2009-03-22 4:35
How would I define it in general?
# a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system"
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# A relative measure of the quality of life of a person or group has
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/standard_of_living
# Usually refers to a country's per capita income, but sometimes takes account also of additional conditions that matter for a person's or ...
www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/s.html
I usually don't bother looking past the first three definitions -- if they don't properly cover the term, I'm searching the wrong string.