Poverty
In Bremen, every third cannot afford a week’s vacation
In other federal states, on the other hand, it is only every seventh. In a particularly affected population group, it is sometimes more than half.
Whether people can afford a week also depends on the state. Last year 34.2 percent lived in Bremen in a household that claims that this cannot, as an evaluation of the Federal Statistical Office shows. In Bavaria, at the other end of the scale, the proportion is not even half as high at 14.2 percent. Nationwide average is 21 percent.
The Saarland, where 28.8 percent are affected, is also well above the national average, Lower Saxony with 25.7 percent, Rhineland-Palatinate with 24.8, Thuringia with 24.2 and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with 24 percent.
In contrast, in addition to Bavaria, it is also relatively few people in Berlin who live in a household, for whom a week’s vacation according to their own statements is not affordable. The value for the federal capital is 14.8 percent. Saxony followed with 16.4 and Hamburg with 18.5 percent.
Single parents and their children particularly hard affected
People who live with a single adult in households are particularly often affected. However, meaningful federal state -specific figures for this group are only available here for the six most populous countries, since the samples are too small for the smaller ones. The highest value reported by the Federal Statistical Office comes from Rhineland-Palatinate and reaches 55.7 percent. In Bavaria there are only 30.
The only way to live is also affected above average. There are meaningful figures from twelve federal states because the group is larger overall. The highest meaningful value comes with 36.4 from Lower Saxony, the lowest with 20 from Bavaria.
Households with several adults, on the other hand, were usually affected below average. Whether there were children there was usually no big difference.
A question of social participation
The question of one -week vacation is asked across Europe, in Germany as part of the microcensus. The background is that this assessment serves as a criterion to measure material and social deprivation (deprivation). Holidays with friends or relatives or in their own holiday accommodation also count as a vacation according to the criteria of the survey. In a European comparison, Germany is relatively well overall. According to its own statements, 59 percent cannot afford a trip in Romania, 46 percent in Greece and 41 percent in Bulgaria.
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Source: Stern
