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Over 10 pct of Poles cannot afford drink with friend: report

Xinhua, December 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

As many as 12.8 percent of people in Poland said they cannot afford to go out with friends or family for a drink or meal at least once a month, a European Union (EU) statistical report said Thursday.

The report, released by the EU statistical office Eurostat, said that 13.3 percent of working age people (aged 25 to 64) in Poland felt unable to engage in such social activities. The shares of young people (aged 16 to 24) and the elderly (aged 65 or over) stood at 11.3 percent and 11.8 percent respectively.

The average figure in the EU was 13 percent, slightly higher than the level in Poland, according to Eurostat.

Meanwhile, around one third of the population in Hungary (36.5 percent), Romania (35.7 percent) and Bulgaria (30.0 percent) said they could not afford to afford to dine out at least once a month. High shares were also observed in Greece (20.7 percent), Malta (19.2 percent), Ireland (18.4 percent) and Lithuania (17.4 percent).

The findings of Eurostat's report were extracted from a data collection in 2014. Endit