Istat: one mln Italian families without employment income

(ANSA) - Rome, April 21 - 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.