Nine in ten single parent households with one child cannot afford to make ends meet in Germany with minimum wage jobs alone, according to newly released figures. With a minimum wage of €8.84 per hour, a single parent working full-time in Germany can expect to make about €1,444 per month. Family Affairs Minister Manuela Schwesig has said that about half of single parents do not receive assistance for child support from, for example, an ex-partner. Schwesig hopes to improve support given to single parent households by extending child support subsidies to when a child reaches adulthood. According to the ministry, one in five German families are under single-parent households with underage children - that’s 1.6 million single parents with 2.3 million kids.

Source: The Local April 13, 2017 14:15 UTC