Armut trotz Erwerbstätigkeit. Eine Analyse anhand der Daten des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels mittels logistischer Regression

Abstract

Poverty and employment are mostly seen as two separated aspects of life within the German poverty research. They will be examined together in this article - the existence of working poor and the possibility of empirical record is the study's main emphasis. Three different levels of poverty will be introduced: Severe poverty, poverty and near-poverty. Using data on the working population in 1997 delivered by the German Socio-Economic Panel, which allows the necessary connection between a household and the individual, significant influences of different characteristics will be investigated. These characteristics can be distinguished in types of households, work and socio-demographic features. The following results will be obtained by the method of logistic regression: In West Germany severe poverty can be found mainly amongst foreign workers and / or single men. The risk of poverty is increasing for single mothers. The following industries are typical for working poor: Farming and non-food-industry in West-Germany, consumer orientated services in East-Germany. In both regions a higher level of (work) education leads to a lower risk of poverty.