Information service of the Pontifical Mission Societies since 1927
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - 41.8% of the inhabitants of the Province of Buenos Aires living in homes with "Unsatisfied Basic Needs" (UBN) is under 14 years of age and are predominantly males, although the latest census result highlights that there are more females among the population of the capital of Argentina. According to a recent study by the Ministry of Economy of the Province, the section of the population with UBN in Buenos Aires declined from 24.2% in 1980 to 17% in 1991 to 15.9% in 2001 and 11.2 % in 2010. Official figures revealed that the situation is particularly bad in the age group from 0 to 14 years of age (41.8%). While in the age group from 15 to 64 it increased from 51.9% in 2001 to 55.4% in 2011. In the province there are 700,000 teenagers and young people who do not study or work. About 2 million people live in a thousand homes and slums of the Province, in precarious conditions, overcrowded and without essential services. Only in the suburbs there are 163 houses and 463 slums, each family group is composed by an average of 4.7 people. 42.6% of children and adolescents are poor, 9.4% are extremely poor. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 24/09/2015)
