The number of individuals in
absolute poverty
nearly
tripled from 2005 to 2021
, from 1.9 to
5.6 million
(9.4% of the total), while households doubled from 800,000 to 1.96 million ( 7.5%), according to the
Istat Annual Report
.
Absolute poverty is
three times more frequent among minors
(from 3.9% in 2005 to 14.2% in 2021) and a particularly negative dynamic also characterizes young people between 18 and 34 years (the incidence has reached 11.1%, a value almost four times higher than in 2005, 3.1%).
In 2021, one million 382 thousand minors and one million 86 thousand young people aged 18-34 are in absolute poverty;
moreover, 734,000 elderly people are, including the incidence, however, stops at 5.3%.
ANSA agency
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As of January 1, 2020, over 1 million minors born in Italy to foreign parents (ANSA)
WORST DATA AT MIDDAY AND FOR FOREIGN FAMILIES
"In the
North
- highlights Istat - the growth of absolute poverty was very accentuated in 2020: the incidence among individuals increased by 2.5 percentage points compared to 2019, reaching 9.3% (four times the value in 2005); in the
South
, on the other hand, a marked increase is observed between 2011 and 2013, when it went from 6.1 to 10.6%, and a further increase was recorded in 2017. In 2021, the North shows signs of improvement, while in the South the highest point of the series is reached (12.1%) ".
The data on
families with foreigners
, available only from 2014, indicates that the latter have levels of absolute poverty almost five times higher than those of families of Italians only, which have fluctuated around 25% since 2016.
Istat also reveals that in
one million and 900 thousand families the only employed component is a non-standard worker
, that is, on a fixed-term basis, collaborator or involuntary part-time.
These
vulnerable employees
are now almost 5 million, 21.7% of the total.
And 816,000 are "
doubly vulnerable
", because they are either temporary or collaborators, or involuntary part-time.
THE EFFECTS OF CITIZENSHIP INCOME
Furthermore, according to the Istat annual report, "the economic support measures provided in 2020, in particular
citizenship and emergency income
, have prevented one million individuals (about 500 thousand families) from being in a condition of absolute poverty".
The intensity of poverty, without subsidies, would have been 10 percentage points higher in 2020, reaching 28.8% (compared to 18.7% observed).
ANSA agency
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According to the National Statistical Institute "without renewals in 2022, contractual wages in real terms would return below the values of 2009".
(HANDLE)
MORE AND MORE FAMILIES AND MORE SMALLER
Finally,
there are more and more
families
,
over 25 million in 2020-2021
,
and smaller and smaller
.
The average number of members drops to 2.3 compared to 2.6 in 2000-2001.
The increase in the number of households made up of a single person weighs on the total, from 24% at the beginning of the millennium to 33.2%.
At the same time, families made up of couples with children are decreasing, representing 31.2% of the total in 2020-2021 (down by 11.1 percentage points in 20 years).
In the Istat Annual Report he explains that if these trends continue with the same intensity, childless couples could overtake those with children by 2045.
ANSA agency
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The prospects remain characterized by uncertainty.
(HANDLE)
