New Study: Germany's Students Are so Poor

Spiegel

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Especially single students are at risk of poverty. Since many do not receive a Bafög, they are sometimes dependent on a job. Also, the planned reform should not change much.

Zeit Online

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82 percent of the students living alone are poor, a new study shows. One of the authors explains what this has to do with rents and delayed reforms.

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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High rents drive single students into poverty according to the Joint Association. He calls for higher Bafög sentences and calls the reform too slow.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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The Joint Association has investigated poverty among students. The result: Above all, high housing costs burden students.