Migration in the WB countries
Albania
0
%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
%
Kosovo
0
%
Montenegro
0
%
Serbia
0
%
Macedonia
0
%
Remittances in the Western Balkan countries
(% of GDP)
____________________
Kosovo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Serbia
Albania
Croatia
Macedonia
Macedonia
_____________
Share of remittances in total income
Macedonian
0
%
Albanian
0
%
Male headed household
0
%
Female headed household
0
%
Poor
0
%
Non Poor
0
%
Rural
0
%
Urban
0
%
Conclusion: Remittances are a very important source of income for the consumption of poor households, as 91% of their consumption is financed by remittances.
Social vulnerability in receiving and non receiving
remittance households
Poverty
At risk of poverty
Undernourishment
Bad clothing condition
Bad health condition
Low leisure consumption
Conclusion: Remittance receivers have significantly lower relative poverty, are likely healthier, better nourished and better dressed compared to non-receiving ones.
Facets of vulnerability by gender in
receiving households
Income poverty
At risk of poverty
Bad housing condition
Undernourishment
Bad clothing condition
Low leisure consumption
Bad health condition
Female
Male
Conclusion: Female-headed receiving households are in better social condition than male-headed households.
Facets of vulnerability by ethnicity
in receiving households
Income poverty
At risk of poverty
Bad housing condition
Undernourishment
Bad clothing condition
Low leisure consumption
Bad health condition
Conclusion: Despite with better housing and nourishment conditions, in general ethnic Albanians are in worse social conditions than Macedonians.
Facets of vulnerability by age
Income poverty
At risk of poverty
Bad housing co.
Undernourishment
Bad clothing condition
Low leisure consumption
Bad health condition
Conclusion: Young-headed receiving households have deeper vulnerability than compared to the non-receiving counterparts.
Serbia
_____________
Share of remittances in total income
All
0
%
Male headed household
0
%
Female headed household
0
%
Poor
0
%
Non Poor
0
%
Urban
0
%
Rural
0
%
Conclusion: On average, remittances make less than a third (27.7%) of the remittance-receiving household’s income.
Social vulnerability in receiving and non receiving
remittance households
Poverty
Single parent
Unemployed spouses
Bad health
Undernourishment
Bad housing
Bad Leisure
Bad Clothing
Conclusion: Receiving households are more vulnerable with respect to subjective poverty, health, housing, clothing, nourishment, and family type (they are more frequently single parent or unemployed source family).
Facets of vulnerability by gender in
receiving households
Poverty
Single parent
Unemployed spouses
Vulnerable family type
Bad health
Bad housing
Bad clothing
Undernourishment
Bad leisure
Female
Male
Conclusion: Male-headed households have higher level of poverty and are more vulnerable with respect to clothing and leisure. On the other hand, female-headed households are more vulnerable with respect to the family type and especially health.
Facets of vulnerability by settlement type in receiving households
Poverty
Single parent
Unemployed spouses
Vulnerable family type
Bad health
Bad leisure
Bad housing
Bad clothing
Undernourishment
Conclusion: Urban receiving households are more vulnerable than rural. The difference is the highest for poverty, clothing and nourishment.
Facets of vulnerability by age
Poverty
Single parent
Unemployed spouses
Vulnerable family type
Bad health
Bad leisure
Bad housing
Bad clothing
Undernourishment
Conclusion: Working age headed households are more vulnerable than if the head is an elderly person, in all categories except for (expectedly) health.
Albania
_____________
Share of remittances in total income
All
0
%
Male headed household
0
%
Female headed household
0
%
Poor
0
%
Non poor
0
%
Rural
0
%
Urban
0
%