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After 45 years: Almost every second woman has a pension of less than 1,300 euros
Almost every second pensioner in Germany receives less than 1,300 euros in pension after 45 years of insurance. This emerges from a request from the BSW to the Ministry of Labor.
Poverty in old age despite many years of work? Not uncommon: almost every second pensioner in Germany receives less than 1,300 euros in pension despite 45 years of insurance. Around 800,000 women are affected by this. There are around 700,000 men, around one in five. This emerges from a response from the Federal Ministry of Labor to a request from the “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht”, which was submitted to the star is present.
For around 400,000 women, the monthly pension is even less than 1,100 euros after 45 years of insurance. This also applies to around 300,000 men. In total there are 3.6 million pensioners with 45 years of insurance.
Source: Stern
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