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Greek households most overburdened with housing costs in EU
With two in five of its population living in a household where total housing costs represented more than 40 percent of total disposable household income, Greece has by far the highest housing cost overburden rate in the EU, according to new EU-wide data.
A third of young Greeks would consider emigrating to escape economic problems
The number of young Greeks who would consider emigrating due to economic problems in their country fell significantly from 2014 to 2015, a report from by Europe’s biggest debt collector has found.
Greece most socially unjust country in EU, study finds
Greece remains the most socially unjust country in the European Union, mainly because of the ravages of the crisis, according to a recent study by the Bertelsmann Foundation.
Greeks second biggest losers from economic crisis, says ECB
The Irish, Greeks and Spanish lost more personal wealth than any other population in the eurozone in the aftermath of the economic crisis, according to fresh data on household wealth from the European Central Bank.
Poverty risk rate in Greece hits high of 36 pct in 2014
The percentage of Greece’s population at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2014 during the Samaras government reached a record high of 36 percent, marking the highest increase in the entire EU since 2008, data released by the EU’s statistical arm on Friday showed.
Average wealth in Greece down by 17.1 pct since last year
Wealth per adult in Greece fell by 17.1 percent to 81,342 US dollars in mid-2015 from 98,097 in mid-2014, according to the 2015 Global Wealth Report published by Credit Suisse.
Seven in ten Greeks overweight, extensive new study indicates
It they may be renowned for their healthy Mediterranean diet, the regions of Crete and the Aegean islands have the highest percentage of obese people in Greece, according to a new study that has found that seven in ten Greek adults are overweight.
Greece near top of EU charts for proportion of population over 65 and 80
Greece has the second highest proportion of its population over the age of 80, according to data released this week by the EU’s statistical arm.
Greek household income falls almost 30 pct in 8 years, finds OECD
Household disposable income fell by 27.5 percent per capita in Greece from 2007 to the first quarter of 2015, bucking the trend in the world’s leading industrialised nations, where the figure went up by 8.13 percent.
Crisis changing Greeks' college choices, research indicates
The Greek crisis has witnessed a boom in students seeking a career in the military or police as well to becoming psychologists, a new study comparing college choices before and after 2009 has found.