The family lives in China. The wife, J, is 40 years old, and her husband, B, is 41 years old and they both are sales workers. Their son, T 20 years old, is a maintenance worker. They live with their grandfather, 67 years old S and grandmother, 62 years old G, in their 2-bedroom house. The family owns the house and have been living here for 30 years. They like it here because it's where they grew up, but the rising noise levels in the area concerns them. Their dream is to one day buy a new house. The next big thing they plan on buying is a washing machine.

The family lives in China. J is 40 years old and her husband B is 41 years old. They both are sales workers. Their son T is 20 years old and is a maintenance worker. They live with their grandfather, S 67 years old, and grandmother, G 62 years old. Both grandparents receive their fixed pensions and the grandfather helps out with some farming activities working 40 hours per week. The two parents and their son work for a combined 146 hours per week. The family lives in a 2-bedroom house, which they own, and have been living here for 30 years. They like it here because it's in an area where they grew up. However, they are concerned about the noisy surroundings. The house has water and toilet facilities but it suffers from an hour-long electricity failure at least once a week. The family buys 90% of their food supplies, while the rest is fulfilled by their own agricultural produce. Food supplies cost them 30% and drinking water costs up to 10% of their income. They use natural gas in their kitchen for cooking. The family is saving money so that they might be able to fulfill their dream of buying a new house. Their next big plan is to buy a washing machine.