Economic poverty fell to 4.3% in 2017 - GUS
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In 2017 extreme poverty rate was down at 4.3 percent, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points compared to 2016, according to the results from Central Statistical Office (GUS) data. The situation improved in particular in rural areas.
It is highly probable that the factors that contributed most to the improvement of the financial situation of households and the fall in poverty in 2017 were: an increase in wages, a decrease in unemployment, and in the case of families with children, the social benefit Rodzina 500+ (Family 500+).
A significant improvement, GUS pointed out, was observed among single mothers or fathers with dependent children (down by about 3 pp), people living in households with at least one child under 16 years with a disability certificate (approx. 3 pp) and people living on farms with at least 3 children aged 0-17 (about 2 pp).
The social map of the risk of poverty in Poland, however, has not changed significantly for years.
