11. The Northeast continued to stagnate, with its population living close to the subsistence level . 12. A wage below subsistence level , by any other name, is still a sweatshop wage. 13. The stipend, once substantial, has been slashed to below-subsistence levels . 14. Most of the farming practiced is on the subsistence level . 15. The area has subsistence level of farming which is not enough to feed a family. 16. After women, most of those living at the subsistence level are refugees and the self-employed. 17. Many people in the district keep livestock on a subsistence level , primarily for milk production. 18. Concerning sanitation, those living under the Minimum Subsistence Level are exempt from the sanitation tax. 19. Eighty-five percent of Guatemalans live at or below the subsistence level ; about half are illiterate. 20. Often visited by floods during the monsoon season, the villagers were poor subsistence level farmers.
