Children in crisis - more and more adolescents are affected by poverty

Rising prices for housing, energy, transport and food are affecting more and more people. Those who already have little money at their disposal are particularly hard hit - around 15 percent of the Austrian population, or 1.3 million people, are at risk of poverty. 368,000 of those affected are children and young people. In a rich country like Austria, child poverty should not be an issue - but the current economic and energy crisis threatens to exacerbate this problem even further. The introduction of a basic child benefit could lift children and families out of such poverty. It would also replace existing social benefits.

07.12.2022