Revščina starejših žensk v Sloveniji
Poverty of elderly women in Slovenia

slovenian

2017

volume 1, issue 1

Nacionalni inštitut za javno zdravje
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Introduction: Main goal of the article is to present differences between genders in the risk of poverty rate of elderly in Slovenia and to contextualise the problem in social policies of the EU and Slovenia. Method: We used quantitative and descriptive method. We used secondary data of the Statistical office of the Republic of Slovenia that are collected using the Survey on income and living conditions. The survey is carried out in all EU countries with the acronym EU SILC and therefore data are comparable. We also use d the statistical data of the Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia. Results: The difference in the at - risk poverty rate between genders is progressing with age. Slovenia has much higher poverty rate of women compared to other EU countries with a comparable general at - risk poverty rate. The differences are significant in the age group 75+. Conclusion: Slovenia is quite unsuccessful in tackling the problem of high level risk of poverty of elderly women mainly due to the lack of targeted meas ures that would lower the at - risk poverty rate and would also reduce the gender poverty gap.

25.01.2021