Risk-of-poverty, severe material deprivation, low work intensity. It is a photograph merciless one taken from the report of Istat on living conditions and income that portrays the rich, richer and the poor poorer. The data are clear. Istat estimated that one Italian in four (28.7%, to be precise, more than 17.4 million people) last year, has led a life of wretched, miserable, on the margins of society. And are the families with children the hardest hit. Increases and, in fact, the share of individuals in households who declare not being able to meet unexpected expenses of 800 euros (from 38,8% to 39.9%) and to have had arrears for mortgage, rent, utility bills or other debts (from 14.3% to 14.9%). Deterioration most marked is observed in particular for individuals in couples with at least three children: the share of those who declare not to be able to meet unexpected expenses of 800 euros goes from 48,1% to 52.8% and that of those who have had arrears for mortgage, rent, utility bills or other debts from 21.7% to 30.4%, contributing to an increase of 3 percentage points of the synthetic indicator of severe material deprivation. But there are also those who choose not to take a holiday, keep the radiators turned off or racking up the bills without paying for it.
in Short, from 2009 to 2014, the income in real terms has declined more for the households belonging to the 20% poorer, widening the distance from the richest households, whose income goes from 4.6 to 4.9 times that of the poorest. In a "nutshell" the richest perceive 37.3% of the equivalent income of the total, while the ruling class in the less affluent racking up just 7.7%.
The average income in Italy is of 29.472 euro, and the good news is that in 2014, finally returned to the stable, stopping a fall, in place since 2009, which has resulted in a total reduction of approximately 12% of the purchasing power. But half of the families does not go beyond the 24.190 euro, while to the South it drops to 20 thousand euros.
inequality increases in the South
With the result that nearly half of the residents in the South and in the Islands (46,4%) is at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared with 24% of the Centre and 17.4% in the North. According to Istat, the levels are higher than the national average in all the regions of the south, with highest values in Sicily (55,4%), Puglia (47,8%) and Campania (46,1%). Vice versa, the values the more content you have in the autonomous province of Bolzano (13,7%), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (14,5%) and Emilia-Romagna region (15,4%).
Deterioration significant will be recorded in Puglia (+7,5 %), Umbria (+6,6%), in the autonomous province of Bolzano (+4%), Marche (+3.4%) and in Lazio (+2,3%), while the indicator improves for Campania and Molise. Four individuals out of ten are at risk of poverty in Sicily, three in ten in Campania, Calabria, Puglia and Basilicata.
Levels of severe material deprivation that is more than double the Italian av erage is to be recorded in Sicily and Puglia, where more than a quarter of the individuals in this condition. Sicily (28,3%) is also the region with the maximum spread of low-intensity work, followed by Campania (19.4%) and Sardinia (19.1 percent).
the Growing number of italians who moved abroad
Continues to grow the number of people who leave Italy according to the report, Istat 2015 on "international Migration and internal population". In 2015, are parties to 147 thousand fellow-countrymen, l'8% more than in 2014. This increase is exclusively due to write-offs of Italian citizens (from 89 thousand to 102 thousand units, equal to +15%), while those of foreign citizens are reduced from 47 thousand to 45 thousand (-6%).
The main tourist destination for Italian emigrants are the United Kingdom (17.1 per cent), Germany (16,9%), Switzerland (11.2 percent) and France (10,6%). A growing number of Italian graduates, with more than 25 years of age who leave the Country (almost 23 thousand in 2015, +13% on the 2014); the emigration, however, also increases between those who have a qualification medium-low (52 thousand, +9%).
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