More than one million Italian
households were without income earned from employment, according
to 2013 labour market data collected by national statistical
agency Istat.
It found that about half of that number were households
with children.
The more precise figures showed that 1,000,130 families had
no employment income last year, including 491,000 households
with children.
As well, the number of households where at least one member
was looking for a job rose by 18.3% last year compared with 2012
- about 175,000 people.
Compared with two years earlier, the rise was more than
50%, said the agency.
Istat suggested that those families without employment
income may be living on savings, retirement income, unemployment
benefits, and possibly earnings from renting a home or other
property.
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