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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 19 AUGUST, 2009

NUMBER: 8.4.1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

BENEFICIARIES AND SERVICES OF SOCIAL CARE, 2008

 

1. MINOR BENEFICIARIES

 

According to the data collected from social care centres and branches, there were 80 593 minor beneficiaries of social care services in 2008, 1.4% more than in 2007. The share of women beneficiaries was 41.5%. There were 27.8% of beneficiaries in the age group up to 7 years, 40.1% in the age group 7 – 15 years and 32.1% in the age group 15 – 18 years. Out of the total number of beneficiaries, the highest percentage (42.3%) was recorded in the category Children and youth under family and legal protection. By number of users it is followed by Physically and mentally disabled children and youth (22.6%), Other children and youth in various needs of social care services (18.6%), Children and youth with behavioural disorders (14.8%) and Mentally ill and drug- or alcohol-addicted children and youth (1.7%). During 2008, some kind of social care rights, services or measures were used for 1.8 times per minor recipient on the average, which was slightly less than in 2007.

 

 

1.1.   MINOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL CARE, BY CATEGORIES, SITUATION AND CHANGE DURING YEAR, 2008

Category of beneficiaries

Situation at the beginning of year

(1 January 2008)

Newly registered and reactivated

Inactive

Situation at the end of year (31 December 2008)

All

Men

Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

79 554

27 704

26 665

80 593

47 173

33 420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children and youth under family and legal protection

33 342

10 021

9 297

34 066

17 956

16 110

     Parents dead, missing, unknown or of unknown residence

777

249

348

678

365

313

     Parental right‑deprived parents

439

130

142

427

249

178

     Parents declared unaccountable (temporarily insane)

186

53

66

173

81

92

     Severely and chronically ill parents

705

247

206

746

401

345

     Neglecting and abusive parents

9 072

4 601

4 048

9 625

4 781

4 844

     Parents, unemployed or with insufficient earnings for      upkeep

19 425

2 793

3 333

18 885

10 343

8 542

     Other (children of divorced parents, children of under-aged      parent, children with uncontested paternity, children in      adoption process etc).

2 738

1 948

1 154

3 532

1 736

1 796

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children and youth with behavioural disorders

11 891

6 241

6 193

11 939

9 901

2 038

     Vagrancy‑prone youth

955

480

647

788

546

242

     Adolescents with proneness to begging

79

14

54

39

21

18

     Prostitution‑prone adolescents

6

3

5

4

1

3

     Offence-prone adolescents

4 613

2 719

2 521

4 811

3 862

949

     Adolescents with criminal propensity

6 238

3 025

2 966

6 297

5 471

826

 

1.1.   MINOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL CARE, BY CATEGORIES, SITUATION AND CHANGE DURING YEAR, 2008

 (continued)

Category of beneficiaries

Situation at the beginning of year

(1 January 2008)

Newly registered and reactivated

Inactive

Situation at the end of year (31 December 2008)

All

Men

Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physically and mentally disabled children and youth

18 247

4 318

4 382

18 183

9 908

8 275

     Adolescents with impairment of vision

387

127

140

374

200

174

     Adolescents with hearing impairment

586

144

172

558

298

260

     Adolescents with speech and voice disturbances

786

196

241

741

486

255

     Malformations, motor or functional impairments of
     individual organs and organ systems

6 553

1 550

1 469

6 634

3 546

3 088

     Mentally retarded

2 366

509

584

2 291

1 295

996

     Personality and behavioural disorders

321

358

154

525

308

217

     Mental disorders due to organic causes

248

76

107

217

121

96

     Psychoses

138

111

85

164

94

70

     Multiple disturbances

6 862

1 247

1 430

6 679

3 560

3 119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mentally ill and drug- or alcohol-addicted children and youth

1 375

699

685

1 389

1 104

285

     Mentally ill children and youth

312

135

105

342

248

94

     Addicted to alcohol

155

190

91

254

214

40

     Addicted to drugs and other opiates

908

374

489

793

642

151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other children and youth in various needs of social care services

14 699

6 425

6 108

15 016

8 304

6 712

     Youth with poor housing conditions

2 105

775

651

2 229

1 180

1 049

      Victims of family violence

1 849

1 992

1 285

2 556

1 238

1 318

     Victims of human trafficking

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Other (Individuals with a completed jail sentence, victims      of natural disasters etc.)

10 745

3 658

4 172

10 231

5 886

4 345

 

1.2.  MINOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, BY CATEGORIES, GENDER AND AGE, 2008

 

Total

Category of beneficiaries

Children and youth included in legal protection of family

Children and youth with
behavioural disorders

Physically and mentally
disabled children
and youth

Mentally ill and drug-

or alcohol-addicted children and youth

Other children and
youth in various needs of social
care services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

80 593

34 066

11 939

18 183

1 389

15 016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male

47 173

17 956

9 901

9 908

1 104

8 304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female

33 420

16 110

2 038

8 275

285

6 712

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Up to 7 years

22 380

11 125

4

7 338

-

3 913

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 -15 years

32 349

15 759

3 266

6 852

297

6 175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15-18 years

25 864

7 182

8 669

3 993

1 092

4 928

 

 

1.3.   RIGHTS, MEASURES AND SERVICES OF SOCIAL CARE THAT APPLY TO MINOR BENEFICIARIES, 2008

 

Total

Category of beneficiaries

Children and
youth included in legal protection of family

Children and
youth with
behavioural
disorders

Physically and mentally
disabled
children and
youth

Mentally ill and
drug- or alcohol-
-addicted children
and youth

Other children
and youth in
various needs of social
care services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

148 108

31 052

21 660

38 703

4 387

52 306

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foster care and adoption

2 980

1 767

63

217

11

922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out-of-family care

6 605

2 437

871

2 027

34

1 236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Care and security correctional measures

4 049

186

3 776

17

14

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance in training

770

18

9

724

-

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial and other material support

43 040

5 157

863

14 782

814

21 424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other social care and services

90 664

21 487

16 078

20 936

3 514

28 649

 

2. ADULT BENEFICIARIES

 

In 2008, there was 312 176 adult beneficiaries of social care services, 1.8% less than in 2007. The share of female beneficiaries was 50.1%. There were 8.3% of beneficiaries in the age group 18 – 21 years, 25.4% in the age group 22 – 39 years, 34.6% in the age group 40 – 65, 23.9% in the age group 66 – 80 years and 7.8% in the age group 80 years and over. According to the number of beneficiaries, the highest percentage was recorded in the category Adult persons in various needs of social care (28.2%), followed by Physically or mentally disabled persons (25.6%), Persons without sufficient means of livelihood (21.5%), Persons without sufficient earnings (15.2%), Mentally ill and drug- or alcohol-addicted persons (5.2%) and Persons with behavioural disorders (4.3%). During 2008, some kind of social care rights, services or measures were used for 1.8 times per adult recipient on the average.

 

2.1.   ADULT BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, BY CATEGORIES, SITUATION AND ACTIVITY, 2008

Category of beneficiaries

Situation at the beginning of year

(1 January 2008)

Newly registered and reactivated

Inactive

Situation at the end of year (31 December 2008)

All

Male

Female

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

318 393

78 760

84 977

312 176

155 844

156 332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Persons without sufficient means of livelihood

69 340

14 275

16 364

67 251

32 029

35 222

    Unemployed parents

20 554

4 041

4 724

19 871

9 320

10 551

    Single unemployed parents

3 471

883

1 130

3 224

643

2 581

    Unemployed persons or employed persons without     sufficient earnings

35 049

7 441

7 723

34 767

17 200

17 567

    Other (deprived of working ability, parent with child under     6 months of age etc.)

10 266

1 910

2 787

9 389

4 866

4 523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Persons without sufficient earnings

49 887

8 851

11 327

47 411

21 189

26 222

    Elderly and helpless

26 140

3 799

6 814

23 125

9 566

13 559

    Seriously ill

23 747

5 052

4 513

24 286

11 623

12 663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Persons with behavioural disorders

11 640

8 293

6 609

13 324

11 297

2 027

    Vagrancy-prone

307

179

193

293

174

119

    With proneness to begging

216

61

83

194

61

133

    Prostitution-prone

90

21

38

73

5

68

    With criminal propensity

6 583

4 079

3 134

7 528

6 357

1 171

    With inclination for family violence

4 444

3 953

3 161

5 236

4 700

536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physically or mentally disabled persons

77 582

14 947

12 728

79 801

38 027

41 774

    With impairment of vision

2 573

505

465

2 613

1 343

1 270

    With hearing impairment

2 768

506

505

2 769

1 469

1 300

    With speech and voice disturbances

363

189

137

415

261

154

    Malformations, motor or functional impairments of
    individual organs and organ systems

24 523

4 048

4 026

24 545

10 992

13 553

    Mentaly retarded

8 848

1 465

1 375

8 938

4 748

4 190

    Personality and behavioural disorders

1 270

301

322

1 249

696

553

    Mental disorders due to organic causes

1 731

748

320

2 159

1 122

1 037

 

 

2.1.   ADULT BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, BY CATEGORIES, SITUATION AND ACTIVITY, 2008

 (continued)

Category of beneficiaries

Situation at the beginning of year

(1 January 2008)

Newly registered and reactivated

Inactive

Situation at the end of year (31 December 2008)

All

Male

Female

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Psychoses

4 588

1 217

828

4 977

2 569

2 408

    Multiple disturbances

30 918

5 968

4 750

32 136

14 827

17 309

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mentally ill persons and drug- or alcohol-addicted persons

15 917

3 165

2 868

16 214

9 820

6 394

    Mentally ill

11 264

1 738

1 380

11 622

6 195

5 427

    Addicted to alcohol

3 054

902

755

3 201

2 542

659

    Addicted to drugs and other opiates

1 599

525

733

1 391

1 083

308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other persons in various needs of social care services

94 027

29 229

35 081

88 175

43 482

44 693

    With poor housing conditions

5 396

1 913

2 353

4 956

2 436

2 520

      Victims of family violence

4 393

3 659

2 865

5 187

705

4 482

     Victims of human trafficking

1

-

1

-

-

-

     Other (Individuals with a completed jail sentence, victims      of natural disasters etc.)

84 237

23 657

29 862

78 032

40 341

37 691

 

 

2.2.   ADULT BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, BY CATEGORIES, GENDER AND AGE, 2008

 

Total

Category of beneficiaries

Persons without sufficient means of livelihood

Persons without sufficient earnings

Persons with behaviour disorders

Physically or mentally disabled

persons

Mentally ill and drug-

or alcohol-addicted persons

Other persons in various needs of social care services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

312 176

67 251

47 411

13 324

79 801

16 214

88 175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male

155 844

32 029

21 189

11 297

38 027

9 820

43 482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Female

156 332

35 222

26 222

2 027

41 774

6 394

44 693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18-21 years

26 018

7 669

296

3 950

3 883

1 123

9 097

22-39 years

79 358

28 610

2 205

4 888

15 141

4 114

24 400

40-65 years

107 842

30 972

8 854

4 050

24 455

7 403

32 108

66-80 years

74 593

-

27 055

420

28 209

2 979

15 930

80 years and over

24 365

-

9 001

16

8 113

595

6 640

 

 

2.3.   RIGHTS, MEASURES AND SERVICES OF SOCIAL CARE APPLIED TO ADULT BENEFICIARIES, 2008

 

Total

Category of beneficiaries

Persons without sufficient means of livelihood

Persons without sufficient means of support

Persons with
behavioural
disorders

Physically or
mentally
disabled
persons

Mentally ill persons
and drug- or
alcohol-addicted
persons

Other persons
in various needs of
social care

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

544 202

146 788

49 754

22 573

133 480

41 312

150 295

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foster care

24 155

378

76

271

7 052

10 599

5 779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Out-of-family care

13 744

1 574

717

275

4 081

3 721

3 376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Care and security correctional measures

1 496

-

23

1 443

9

13

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance in training

481

3

-

28

424

2

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial and other material support

235 623

82 595

25 200

2 047

78 823

9 329

37 629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other social care and services

268 703

62 238

23 738

18 509

43 091

17 648

103 479

 

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

Data are the result of annual processing of data collected through the form Annual report on beneficiaries and social care services (SS-1 form) filled in by social care centres and branches for towns and municipalities.

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Data on social care beneficiaries and services have been collected from all 113 social care centres/branches. Data are comparable to those from previous years.

 

Definitions and explanations

 

Social care recipient is a person that has been granted with any kind of social care due either to particular living conditions or to a special mental or physical situation. Social care recipient is defined by law (the Social Care Act, NN, Nos. 73/97, 27/01, 59/01, 82/01, 103/03, 44/03 and 79/07).  Recipient can be a minor (up to 18 years) or an adult (18 years and over). Social care beneficiary is considered a minor deprived of parent care, person living in disfunctional families, person without sufficient means of livelihood, mentally ill person, alcohol- or drug-addicted person, person with behavioural disorders etc.  

 

Rights, services and measures of the social care are implemented by different types of care aid. This aid can be material (disability benefit, one-time financial support, permanent financial support, care allowance, allowance for food, fuel, clothing, etc), training for work, care outside original families - accommodation into various institutions of social care or foster families. Aid can be given in the form of family and marriage counselling, organisation of free time for children and youth with behavioural disturbances, housing assistance, etc. Furthermore, aid can be given in the form of correctional measures such as increased care and supervision, court reprimand etc.

 

Tables 1.1.and 2.1. present activity dynamics of social care centres and branches in the course of the year, which means that the initial number of beneficiaries at the beginning of the year has been presented together with the number of new and reactivated beneficiaries and the number of cases concluded in the course of the year , in order to show the number of beneficiaries at the end of the year. Data in tables 1.1., 1.2., 2.1., and 2.2. refer to persons, while the data in tables 1.3. and 2.3. refer to the cases of aid granted where one person could get several forms of aid and services.

 

 

Abbreviations

etc.  and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

NN    Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

 

 

Symbols

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