Social Issues

Poland has the highest of the new and old EU the number of people living below the poverty line. Below this limit is living in Poland 15% of the population and 29% of children. Among the European countries post worse results are only from the former Soviet Union. Among the highly developed countries like that of Poland, perform only the United States, where he lives below the limit of 17% of the population. In most European countries this figure fluctuates around 10%. Another problem is the high degree of functional illiteracy, because nearly half of Poles are problems with reading comprehension. But also Italy and Spain have such problems has about 45% of the population. Another problem is housing, because 70% of Poles from 18 to 30 years of age live with their parents [21], while the EU average is 29%, and the number of dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants, which amounts to 338, while in many EC countries exceeds 500