Around 5.83 million people in Germany were living in benefit communities as defined by the German Social Code (SGB) II in April 2024. This was an increase on the previous month and also on the same month of the previous year.
Monthly number of people in benefit communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024
** The German term is "Bedarfsgemeinschaften", which is a legal term from German social law, particularly under the Second Book of the Social Code (SGB II), which pertains to basic income support for jobseekers. It refers to a household community where the members are economically dependent on one another and are considered together when determining eligibility and the number of social benefits.
Examples of this are:
Spouses who are not permanently separated
Registered same-sex life partners who are not permanently separated
People in a community of responsibility and commitment (“marriage-like community”).
The benefit community also includes children who live in the household and are younger than 25 years old. Requirement: They are unmarried, able to work and cannot support themselves from their income. Children's income includes, for example, child benefit or maintenance payments.
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Bundesagentur für Arbeit. (April 29, 2024). Monthly number of people in benefit communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468473/people-benefit-communities-germany/
Bundesagentur für Arbeit. "Monthly number of people in benefit communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024." Chart. April 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468473/people-benefit-communities-germany/
Bundesagentur für Arbeit. (2024). Monthly number of people in benefit communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468473/people-benefit-communities-germany/
Bundesagentur für Arbeit. "Monthly Number of People in Benefit Communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468473/people-benefit-communities-germany/
Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Monthly number of people in benefit communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468473/people-benefit-communities-germany/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Monthly number of people in benefit communities** in Germany from April 2023 to April 2024 [Graph], Bundesagentur für Arbeit, April 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1468473/people-benefit-communities-germany/