Italy has 3.8 million people in poverty "absolute", representing 5.2 percent of the population, according to the report "Poverty in Italy in 2009" published today by the Italian National Statistics Institute (ISTAT).
Istat considers that a person is below the absolute poverty line when their purchasing power does not reach "the minimum expenditure necessary" to acquire "essential goods and services for a family to get a minimally acceptable standard of living."
The agency set the minimum at 983 euros this year, 17 euros less than in 2008.Istat also noted that the poverty rate "relative" is at the 10.8 percent of households, ie 7.8 million Italians.
This situation is exacerbated by the families residing in Sicily, Campania, Basilicata and especially Calabria, all provinces in southern Italy.
With respect to absolute poverty incidence, it has increased in those households headed by a person who works for someone else (from 5.9 percent to 6.9 percent), while it has declined in those where the head family is a self-employed (from 4.5 percent to 3 percent).
Poverty "absolute" is more prevalent in large families, with three or more children, whose rate is at 9.4 percent, families where no member is working (33.8 percent) and those in charge a person seeking employment (26.7 percent).
The report, conducted during 2009 on a sample of 23,000 families, has confirmed that the numbers remain stable compared to previous years.
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