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Nazilli Ilçe Milli Egitim
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Chancengleich in Europa e.V. Germany |
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Paragon Europe |
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Powiatowy Urzad Pracy w Rudzie Slaskiej |
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Community Enterprise in Schools, Skills for Life and
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Poverty in Malta
1.0 Income levels and poverty indicators
According to the National Statistics Office, during the year 2012 the average household gross income was 26.746 € and the mean disposable income was 22,379 €. During the same year, 61,689 persons living in private households (15.1% of total) had an equivalised income[1] below the monetary at-risk-of-poverty threshold (6,869 €), which has increased by 5% when compared to 2011 (6,517 €).
Table 1 - Main household income and at-risk-of-poverty indicators: 2011-2012
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2011 (revised) |
2012 |
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Average household gross income (€) |
25.531 |
26.746 |
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Average household disposable income (€) |
21.527 |
22.379 |
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Value (€) |
Number of persons below threshold |
%persons below thesholds |
Value € |
Number of persons below threshold |
%persons below thesholds |
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Total number of persons living in households
Median National Equivalised Income (NEI)
40% median NEI 50% median NEI 60% median NEI 70% median NEI |
N/A
10.862
4.345 5.431 6.517 7.603 |
406.746
203.306
12,763 33,837 63,351 96,515 |
100.0
50.0
3.1 8.3 15.6 23.7 |
N/A
11,449
4.580 5,724 6,869 8,014 |
408,907
204,460
11,537 30,456 61,689 100,262 |
100.0
50.0
2.8 7.4 15.1 24.5 |
Reference :
http://www.nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=3789
2.0 Risk of poverty by age and activity status
Younger people seem to be more susceptible to poverty than the older persons, since the at-risk-of-poverty rate during 2012 stood at 23.1% (16,992 persons) among those aged under 18 and at 17.3% (11,061 persons) for those aged 65 and over. Persons in the 18 to 64 range of age are the less exposed (12,4%) (Table 2).
With regards to risk of poverty in relation to activity status (persons aged 18 and over), unemployed are the most exposed (48.2%), as shown in Table 3.
Table 2 - At-risk-of-poverty rates by age group
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Age |
Sex |
2011 (revised) |
2012 |
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% |
% |
Number of persons below threshold |
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All ages |
Total Male Female |
15.6 15.0 16.1 |
15.1 14.4 15.8 |
61,689 29,310 32,379 |
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Under 18 |
Total |
23.0 |
23.1 |
16,992 |
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18-64 |
Total Male Female |
13.1 11.8 14.4 |
12.4 11.1 13.7 |
33.636 15,202 15,202 |
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65 and over |
Total Male Female |
17.6 19.5 16.0 |
17.3 19.0 15.9 |
11,061 5,480 5,581 |
Reference : http://www.nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=3789
Table 3 - At-risk-of-poverty rates among persons aged 18 and over by most frequent activity status
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Most frequent activity status |
Sex |
2011(revised) |
2012 |
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% |
% |
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Employed |
Total |
6.1 |
5.2 |
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Males |
7.4 |
6.5 |
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Females |
3.6 |
3.0 |
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Unemployed |
Total |
43.4 |
48.2 |
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Males |
41.9 |
47.3 |
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Females |
46.6 |
- |
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Retired |
Total |
17.2 |
16.3 |
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Males |
19.2 |
18.0 |
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Females |
10.9 |
11.3 |
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Other inactive persons |
Total |
20.4 |
20.8 |
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Males |
19.8 |
23.5 |
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Females |
20.5 |
20.4 |
Reference : http://www.nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=3789
3.0 Risk of poverty by household type
People living in single parent households were found to be more exposed to poverty risk: 47.6% of them had an equivalised income below the poverty line. Significant difference exists between households with and without dependent children, risk at 11% and 19.9% respectively, as can be seen in Table 4.
Table 4 - At-risk-of-poverty rates by household type
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Household type |
2011 |
2012 |
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% |
% |
Number of persons below threshold |
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All households |
15.6 |
15.1 |
61,689 |
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Households without dependent children of which: One person household, under 65 years of age One person household, 65 years old and over Two adults, no dependent children, both under 65 years of age Two adults, no dependent children, at least one adult aged 65 or more Other households without dependent children |
11.8
27.6 18.0 11.9 20.5 5.1 |
11.0
21.8 18.1 11.4 21.7 4.2 |
24.387
3,879 3,050 5,183 7,829 4,445 |
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Households with dependent children of which: Single parent household, one or more dependent children Two adults, one dependent child Two adults, two dependent children Two adults, three or more dependent children Other households with dependent children |
19.7
54.0 12.0 18.7 30.8 14.6 |
19.9
47.6 12.6 18.3 35.5 15.2 |
37,302
5,652 2,220 13,895 5,444 10,092 |
Reference : http://www.nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=3789
4.0 Lemor project meeting in Malta
Lemor Project Meeting was held in Malta on 15-16th January 2014. Representatives from Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany, Poland and Malta attended the meeting.
During the first day of the project meeting the group visited the Richmond foundation, a local NGO providing community services for persons with mental health difficulties and promoting mental health and the prevention of mental illness amongst the public.
On the second meeting day, visits were held at YMCA and Suret-Il-Bniedem.YMCA is a non profit movement assisting and providing shelter for disadvantaged groups and individuals; Suret-Il-Bniedem offers temporary residential care to homeless persons.
Suret-Il-Bniedem has three houses in Malta and during the project meeting partners visited one of the houses Dar Teresa Spinelli in Valetta. This home provides shelter for women and their offspring, as well as female minors who have experienced physical, psychological or emotional abuse, which put them in a vulnerable position.
After visiting these organizations, Richmond Foundation and Dar Teresa Spinelli were chosen as the best practices in Malta by the project participants.
5.0 References
http://www.nso.gov.mt/statdoc/document_file.aspx?id=3789