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Table 12
Capability budget of couple households without children—2018
Capability budget of the German households—2018
Monthly expenditures for the households functionings and its external effects
Monthly net income
Social
functionings\social
groups
Households,
total
Below
900
900–1300 1300–1500 1500–2000 2000–2600 2600–3600 3600–5000 5000–18,000 Max
Min Justice
spread
Couples without children
Welfare
foundation
4962
Null
1015
1300
1794
2358
3140
4594
8790
8790 1015 9
Nutrition
415
Null
299
315
339
363
400
427
474
474 299 2
Decent life a
1341
Null
Null
755
817
977
1290
1522
1963
1963 755 3
Health
173
Null
46
35
53
84
108
163
329
329
35 9
Mobility
442
Null
198
115
178
268
478
600
820
820 115 7
Social
participation
807
Null
283
278
366
509
638
839
1246
1246 278 4
Education
11
Null
8
10
13
9
9
11
15
15
8 2
External
FEW-nexus
related effects
Ecological
footprint in
m 2
9435
Null
4683
4453
5269
6432
7947
9796
13,491
13,491 4453 3.0
Water footprint in
cbm
359
Null
137
130
162
217
279
401
553
553 130 4.2
Source
Own calculation 2020 based on German Federal Statistical Office (2020). Null
= not enough data available. a
Includes hot, cold and waste water costs;
IEK-STE 2020