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There is a statistic that shows the card sales of stores operated by self-employed people across the country. As you can see, it shows how much it is this year when we look at 100 sales over the same period last year.
For example, if the sales in February last year were 1 million won, this year is about 700,000 won in February, but this month, in May, it seems to be a little better. As the quarantine guidelines have been changed to keep the streets in life, and emergency disaster relief funds have been released, the number of customers in the store has increased. But this is not everyone's story either. According to the government statistics released today (21st), the social income gap in the first quarter of this year was larger. This means that the low-income group was hit harder by Corona19.

This is reporter Yoo Duck-ki.

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Hyeon Yong-han has been running a restaurant for 5 years in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.

The corona crisis forced me to cut down on the number of employees who had been working in half from February to March.

[Hyunhan Han / Restaurant operation: I stopped the kitchen and my aunt ... It hurts my heart, but I can't help it. Because we also have to live.] The

decrease in employment centered on temporary and daily jobs led to worsening distribution.

In the first quarter of this year, the income growth rate of the bottom 20% and the first tier was 0% compared to the same period last year.

On the other hand, the top 20% and quintile income increased 6.3% as the income and property income evenly increased.

As a result, the quintile scale, which represents the degree of income inequality, deteriorated 0.23 times compared to the same period last year.

[Shin-wook Kang / Director of Statistics: If this trend continues, will it be difficult to make positive predictions about job income, especially increase in earned income…? .]

In the first quarter, the average monthly consumption expenditure per household also decreased by 6%.

This is the largest decline since 2003 statistics.

It has been shown that clothing, shoes, education, entertainment and culture have been significantly reduced.

It was the lowest income class that wore the belt most tightly.

Consumption expenditures in the lower 20% and quintiles of income fell by 10%, significantly contrasting with the quintile, which was reduced by 3.3%.

(Video coverage: Park Ki-duk, Video editing: Han Il-sang)