More than one in five children in Germany live in poverty – Study

According to the study from the Bertelsmann Foundation, an independent research group linked to the Bertelsmann media empire, 10 per cent of children in Germany experience poverty intermittently throughout their upbringing.

“Child poverty is a permanent condition in Germany, one of the richest countries in Europe and anyone who is once poor remains poor for a long time.

“Too few families can escape from poverty,” Bertelsmann Chairman Joerg Draeger said.

Children who live in a household with less than 60 per cent of the average household net income or receive basic support from the state are regarded as poverty-prone.

The study found that while basic care is normally available for those affected by poverty, they are often isolated from social life.