Press release No. N 008 of 28 January 2021
- More than one in five lone parents at risk
- Employees with fixed-term jobs particularly affected with a proportion of 15.8%
- Higher education entrance qualification almost halves the poverty risk on a pro rata basis
WIESBADEN – Many persons in employment have incurred severe income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, for example because of short-time work. Even before the crisis, employment did not protect all persons in employment from the risk of poverty. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 8.0% of those in employment aged 18 years and over were at risk of poverty in Germany in 2019. Approximately 3.1 million people had to make do with less than 60% of the median income of the entire population although they worked.
