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February 14, 2012
One in five kids in Malmö live in poverty: report
Published: 23 Nov 09 11:08 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23422/20091123/
The southern Swedish city of Malmö has more children living in families with a low standard of living than in any other municipality in Sweden, new statistics show.
- Surprise dip in Sweden's unemployment rate (19 Nov 09)
- Five percent of Swedes on sickness benefits (18 Nov 09)
- Sweden's labour market continues to wobble (17 Nov 09)
Moreover, the statistics, which cover 2006 and 2007, reveal wide differences in household income levels around the country.
The Stockholm suburb of Danderyd has the highest average standard of living, with a disposable income for families with children more than double that of low income municipalities.
While Danderyd has the highest average standard of living, two other municipalities actually have the lowest percentage of children living in families with a low standard of living.
According to SCB, the percentage of families with a low standard of living in Vaggeryd in Jönköping County in central Sweden and Hammarö in Värmland County in western Sweden is just over 2 percent.
Overall, the percentage of children in Sweden living in families with a low standard of living dropped from 8 percent to 7 percent between 2006 and 2007.
However, the percentage of children living in families with a high standard of living jumped from 18 to 30 percent from 2006 and 2007.
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If Sweden is not going create jobs in the next years, part of the population will be more and more poor.
And being poor is not about having or no money to go on vacation. We're talking about hunger or poor nutrition.
Well I'm speechless. I never thought that some people had to make a report to realize the connection between coming to Sweden while being poor and staying poor. It's not like we give them a million crowns when they get here. If they are poor when they get here they will stay that way unless they turn to serious crime or get very very lucky. AH!
not really immigrants..immigrants like skilled labor and self-employment, etc. has capability to support themselves quite well...
refugees are the prolem
When I first visited Malmo thirty years ago it was then a very nice place. None of these current problems existed. Very sad.
The Canadian poster who visited Malmo 30 years ago did not see the present demographic of refugees, particularly those who resist learning the language and the culture and who are thus unemployable and who expect the State to take care of them.
What happens to the city? A downward spiral where only a few climb out of the hole. The solution? Adopting the strict immigration standards of the Danes is one method, and another is to change the policy towards those who refuse to adapt, that is, those who stay unemployed and who refuse to become a part of the Swedish mainstream, often one and the same, and who are still allowed to remain in Sweden.
Simply put, either you earn your way by adopting the system into which you chose to move, on your own free will, and become a productive member of the society to benefit both yourself, your children and your adopted country--or be forced to move out of Sweden .