A change of direction for family policy in Italy: some reflections on the general family allowance (GFA)

Genus

Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Poverty risk (*) of individuals in Italy in 2022 by age and family type: an Istat simulation

	Without GFA (A)	With GFA (B)	Difference (B)–(A)
Age group
0–14	25.2	21.4	− 3.8
15–24	25.0	22.5	− 2.5
25–34	18.9	17.8	− 1.1
35–44	21.6	19.2	− 2.4
45–64	17.9	17.0	− 0.9
65 +	11.7	11.9	0.1
Individuals by household type
Single up to 64	24.3	24.3	0.0
Single 65 +	14.0	14.0	0.0
Couple without children, she up to 64	11.7	11.9	0.1
Couple without children, she 65 +	8.4	8.8	0.4
Couple with at least one child 0–17	24.1	20.3	− 3.7
Couple with only children 18 +	14.8	14.5	− 0.4
Single parent with at least one child 0–17	33.1	29.9	− 3.2
Single parent with only children 18 +	15.0	15.0	− 0.1
Other	21.6	21.4	− 0.2
Total	18.6	17.2	− 1.4

*The percentage of people in families with an equivalent income lower than 60% of the median income
These estimates are obtained with the Istat Fa-MiMod microsimulation model. The model makes it possible to replicate the functioning of the tax transfer system for a representative sample of Italian families. FaMiMod is based on matching of administrative data from the Ministry of Finance, INPS (The National Institute for Social Security) and the Istat survey on income and living conditions (Eu-Silc)
Source: Istat (2022b)