Living standards of children in Greece dropped substantially between 2009 and 2013, according to the findings of research conducted by ELSTAT, Greece’s statistical authority.
The time frame referred to in the report covers the period Greece entered into its bailout agreements with international lenders and implemented harsh austerity measures.
In its Survey on Income and Living Conditions of households (SILC), measuring material deprivation indicators for children under the age of 16 years old, the authority states that children had less meat in their diet and less access to recreational activities.
In 2013, 7.4% of families could not afford to provide daily portions of meat and fish to their children, up from 4% in 2009, while one in four families were unable to send their children on school trips – a considerable rise from 7.6% from four years earlier.
Moreover, 18,4% of families could not provide a separate study area for children, a rise of 6.7% compared to 2009