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25 May 2022 Overindebted people need 38% of their household income for housing costs

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7 June 2021 Lone mothers and men living alone are particularly often overindebted

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27 May 2021 Overindebtedness most often due to unemployment

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25 May 2020 There was at least one child in 35% of the overindebted households in 2019

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3 June 2019 Rent arrears more frequent among overindebted people in eastern Germany

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GENESIS-Online

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Development of consumer insolvencies

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Level of personal overindebtedness, 2023

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Proportion of persons counselled, by household size, 2023

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