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Last year almost 1.4 million women and 482,000 men in Germany received parental allowance. The so-called fathers’ share rose to 26.1 percent, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office. The steady increase in men receiving parental allowance has continued: in 2015 it was still 20.9 percent, in 2021 the father’s share of parental allowance was 25.3 percent.