Family Benefits

Beneficiaries of selected family benefits 2000 to 2019
Variable	2000	2010	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
	Family allowance, annual average¹)
Children	1.841.628	1.806.402	1.734.583	1.729.985	1.728.435	1.741.630	1.750.977	1.753.291	1.754.854
	Childcare benefit, December
Total	.	147.546	130.849	127.416	127.476	128.730	124.249	121.206	115.085
Mothers	.	140.833	125.272	122.019	122.156	123.348	119.476	116.442	110.340
Fathers	.	6.713	5.577	5.397	5.320	5.382	4.773	4.764	4.745
	Family time bonus
Total	.	.	.	.	.	.	642	614	865
Mothers	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	0	0
Fathers	.	.	.	.	.	.	639	614	865
	Allowance to childcare benefit, December²)
Total	.	11.692	12.671	11.612	9.816	9.741	8.318	7.682	6.809
Mothers	.	11.464	12.360	11.360	9.548	9.487	8.106	7.466	6.599
Fathers	.	228	311	252	268	254	212	216	210
	Supplement to childcare benefit, December²)
Total	.	19.915	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mothers	.	18.133	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fathers	.	1.782	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
	Parental leave benefit, December
Total	78.278	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Mothers	76.825	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Fathers	1.453	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
	Childcare allowance
Total	3.794	5.091	6.185	5.977	5.976	8.041	9.367	10.211	10.276
Mothers	3.735	4.976	6.022	5.800	5.810	7.848	9.143	9.987	10.109
Fathers	59	115	163	177	166	193	224	224	167
	Advance on maintenance payment, annual average
Children	38.313	44.022	48.044	49.974	49.839	48.796	47.652	47.033	46.721
	Family hospice leave hardship benefit³)
Total	.	275	382	213	206	190	237	194	232

S: Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth; Federal Chancellery; Public Employment Service; Austrian Federal Computing Center. Compiled on 10 September 2020. 1) Family burdens equalisation fund and self-payment regime. The self-payment regime within family burdens equalisation ceased on 1 June 2008. - 2) The supplement expired in 2010 and was replaced by the allowance. - 3) The decrease in 2014 was due to the introduction of the paid leave for long-term care.

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