- Study reveals a steep rise in German poverty levels, By Andreas Illmer, February 17, 2010, Deutsche Welle: “One in seven people is now defined as living on or below the poverty line, according to a report. Families with children and young people were particularly likely to struggle for money, researchers found. The proportion of people defined as being ‘at risk of poverty’ in Germany has risen significantly over the course of a decade. Some 11.5 million Germans, 14 percent of the population, fell into that category in 2008 – about a third more than ten years earlier. Children and young people are particularly hard-hit, according to a study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) released on Wednesday…”
- Number of Germans living in poverty surges, February 17, 2010, The Local: “The ranks of the poor in Germany have swelled over the past decade, as a study released on Wednesday showed more than 11 million people living in poverty. According to the alarming figures published by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), the number of people below the poverty line – 14 percent of the total population – expanded by a third in the last ten years. The study analysed income data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), which operates under the DIW. It found that young people between the ages of 19 and 25 and families were at particular risk…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty