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Date: July 4, 2025 Adoptions, time series
This table contains: Adoptions, time series 1991 to 2024
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Date: June 30, 2025 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 4th quarter 2022
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Date: June 30, 2025 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Participation rate of fathers for children born in 2008 and later, by Land
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Date: June 30, 2025 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 1st Recipientsquarter of 2025 by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 24, 2025 Statistics of parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Time series: proportion of fathers receiving the allowance, by Land
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Date: March 24, 2025 Social benefits - Parental allowance
thTables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 3rd quarter 2022
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Date: March 24, 2025 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject:: Recipients in 2024, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 24, 2025 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 4th Recipientsquarter of 2024, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: December 12, 2024 Expenditure on child day care centres, Länder, rate of change
This table contains: Expenditure on child day care centres, Länder, rate of change
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Date: December 12, 2024 Expenditure and revenue
This table contains: Expenditure and revenue of public youth welfare in 1 000 Euro
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Date: December 10, 2024 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 2nd quarter 2022
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Date: December 10, 2024 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 3rd Recipientsquarter of 2024, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
Publication
Date: October 22, 2024 The nursing and care labour market and demographic change - Methodology and results of nursing and care staff projection
The rising number of people in need of care and the discussion surrounding the shortage of nursing and caring professionals illustrate the challenges currently facing the nursing and care segment of the labour market. Demographic change is impacting …
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Date: September 30, 2024 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 1st quarter 2022
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Date: September 30, 2024 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 2nd Recipientsquarter of 2024, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: September 30, 2024 Children and youth welfare
Tables on the subject: Children receiving publicly funded day care by child minders on 1st March 2024, by Land
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Date: September 30, 2024 Children and youth welfare
1Tables on the subject: Persons employed in day care for children, 1st March 2024, by selected characteristics.
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Date: July 22, 2024 Public children and youth welfare
Tables on the subject: Attendance rate of children in % with / without a migration background
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Date: July 17, 2024 Family court measures for children and young people
This table contains: Family court measures for children and young people, 2023, based on danger to a child’s best interests
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Date: June 25, 2024 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 4th quarter 2021
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Date: June 25, 2024 Parental allowance
2Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 1st Recipientsquarter of 2024, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 27, 2024 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject:: Recipients in 2023, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 27, 2024 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 4th Recipientsquarter of 2023, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 27, 2024 Social benefits - Parental allowance
thTables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 3rd quarter 2021
Article
Date: November 3, 2015 398,000 people received subsistence payments at the end of 2015
At the end of 2014, roughly 382,000 persons entitled to subsistence payments in accordance with the 3rd Chapter of the Twelfth Book of the Social Code (SGB XII on public assistance) received such benefits in Germany. The number of recipients rose by …
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Date: December 15, 2023 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 3rd Recipientsquarter of 2023, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: December 15, 2023 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 2nd quarter 2021
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Date: June 30, 2023 Parental allowance
2Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 1st Recipientsquarter of 2023, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: June 30, 2023 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 4th quarter 2020
Press Release
Press release No. 190 of 16 May 2023 Just over one-fifth of Germany’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Just over 17.3 million people in Germany were affected by poverty or social exclusion in 2022. This equated to 20.9% of the population, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports on the basis of first results of the survey on income and living …
Press Release
Press release No. 138 of 5 April 2023 Number of recipients of basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity up by 6.0% at the end of 2022
In December 2022, just under 1.2 million people received basic security benefits in old age and in cases of reduced earning capacity in accordance with the German Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …
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Date: March 29, 2023 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject:: Recipients in 2022, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 29, 2023 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 3rd quarter 2020
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Date: March 29, 2023 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 4th Recipientsquarter of 2022, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
Press Release
Press release No. 123 of 29 March 2023 Parental allowance 2022: proportion of fathers continued to increase to 26.1%
Just under 1.4 million women and 482,000 men in Germany received parental allowance in 2022. This was a total of well over 1.8 million recipients, and a decrease of roughly 22,700, or 1.2%, compared with 2021. The Federal Statistical Office …
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Date: March 27, 2023 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 2nd quarter 2020
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Date: March 27, 2023 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 3rd Recipientsquarter of 2022, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
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Date: March 27, 2023 Social benefits - Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Parental allowance - Completed periods of receipt by period of birth Länder, number of births, receipt of parental allowance by fathers, percentage share - Children born in the 1st quarter 2020
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Date: March 27, 2023 Parental allowance
Tables on the subject: Recipients in the 2nd Recipientsquarter of 2022, by sex, mode of receipt and Land (with or without allowance 'Plus')
Press Release
Press release No. N 015 of 7 March 2023 Gender pension gap: retirement income of women almost one third below that of men in 2021
In terms of both their average income and their retirement income, women are worse off than men. According to results of the survey of income and living conditions (EU-SILC) 2021, women aged 65 or over received gross retirement income of 17,814 euros …
Press Release
Press release No. 555 of 21 December 2022 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2021: number of people entitled to benefits up 4.3%
At the end of 2021, roughly 399,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of recipients increased by 4.3%, …
Press Release
Press release No. 535 of 14 December 2022 Youth work in 2021: Covid pandemic leads to all time low in number of offers and participants
The Covid-19 pandemic strongly affected everyday life of young people not only at school and day care centres but also regarding leisure and recreation opportunities. Roughly 4.4 million children, adolescents and young adults in Germany participated …
Press Release
Press release No. 514 of 5 December 2022 Number of households receiving housing allowance down 3.7% in 2021
Approximately 595,300 households in Germany received housing allowance at the end of 2021. They accounted for 1.5% of all main residence households. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of recipient households …
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Press release No. N 067 of 17 November 2022 10.5% of Germany's population lived in overcrowded dwellings in 2021
400,000 new dwellings, including 100,000 social dwellings, will be constructed every year to counteract the lack of affordable dwellings, according to Federal Government plans. Roughly 8.6% million people in Germany lived in overcrowded dwellings in …
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Press release No. 454 of 27 October 2022 210,000 young people lived in residential homes or foster families in 2021
In 2021, approximately 122,700 young people lived in a residential home and roughly 87,300 in a foster family in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that 210,000 young people were thus raised, at least temporarily, outside …
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Press release No. 451 of 21 October 2022 35.5% of children under three in day care on 1 March 2022
Compared with a year earlier, the number of children under three years in day care increased by roughly 28,800 to stand at a total of 838,700 on 1 March 2022. This means that the number of children under three in day care rose by 3.6% from 1 March …
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Press release No. N 062 of 5 October 2022 One fifth of the population in Germany had an annual net income of less than 16,300 euros in 2021
Introducing an electricity price freeze, raising the children's allowance, one-off payments to students and pensioners and a higher housing allowance for more people entitled – the Federal Government has adopted a variety of measures as part of the …
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Press release No. N 061 of 29 September 2022 More than one quarter of pensioners have a monthly net income of under 1,000 euros
The third relief package of the Federal Government will support pensioners through a one-time energy price allowance. The focus is on those with lower income. 4.9 million pensioners had a personal monthly net income of under 1,000 euros in 2021, as …
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Press release No. 354 of 19 August 2022 Public assistance expenditure up 6.5% in 2021
In 2021, German public assistance institutions spent a net amount of 15.3 billion euros on public assistance benefits in accordance with the Social Code, Book XII (SGB XII). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that expenditure rose …
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Press release No. 340 of 11 August 2022 Child protection: child endangerment remained at a high level in 2021
Following the record level of child endangerment in 2020, the first Covid year, the number of cases of acute danger to a child's best interests declined slightly in the second year of the pandemic. In 2021, the youth welfare offices in Germany …
