In Campania in April there were over 264,000 families with the income or citizenship pension for almost 700,000 people involved, a number that exceeds that of the entire North where the checks were received by 254,785 families for 509,459 people involved. This is what emerges from the Inps Observatory on Citizenship Income. In Naples in April the households with income were 164,524, higher than the cumulative ones of Lombardy (90,585) and Piedmont (63,274). Even the amounts in the South are on average higher (with more people involved per family) with an average of 627 euros per family in Campania and an average of 481 euros in Lombardy. The average amount in the South is 590 euros.
In April the recipients of Citizenship Income were 1.1 million, while the recipients of Citizenship Pension were 109 thousand, for a total of 1.2 million nuclei, equal to 2.8 million people involved. Compared to April 2020, there is a 14% more target group, while compared to March 2021 there is a minimal variation. In relation to the first quarter of 2021, 1.6 million households have received at least one month’s income or pension, equal to 3.5 million beneficiaries.
Also in April, the distribution by macro geographical areas saw 1.9 million people involved in the southern regions and islands, 509 thousand in the northern regions and 372 thousand in the central ones; Campania is in the lead with 692,000 individuals, followed by Sicily with 556,000, Puglia with 265,000 and Lazio with 240,000. The nuclei with minors are 410 thousand, the nuclei with the disabled are 208 thousand. The average amount is 557 euros, with an average of 586 euros for the income and 266 euros for the pension. 86.1% of the benefits are provided to Italian citizens, 9.2% to non-EU citizens with a residence permit, 4% to European citizens and 0.7% to family members from previous cases.