Catalonia Today, article I

Elderly and those who live alone suffer the highest poverty rates.

The article talks about the percentage of poverty in Catalonia. Poverty is most expanded on women over the age of 65, widows and widowers, foreigners and people with only a primary level of education (or lower). People who live alone represent the group with the highest percentage of poverty-level incomes (38.7 %).
Aproximately 17.2% of the catalan population lives below the poverty line ; many of them with an income of less than 7,470 € a year.
We should not forget that the world’s population is increasing every day more and that this economic problem will still continue.

CATALONIA TODAY,
Thursday, May 24, 2007