Social protection

Statistical data on social welfare for children, youth and adults and child care are collected with regular annual surveys.

Social welfare includes data on:

• rights of social welfare for juvenile and adult recipients;
      institutions for children lacking parental care;
• institutions for care of persons with intellectual and physical disabilities;
• institutions for children and juveniles with educational and social difficulties;
• institution for adults (public and private institutions);
• trade companies for employment of disabled persons;
• intermunicipal centres for social work and
      homes and boarding schools for pupils and students

Child care covers the data on:

• children's allowances and parental allowances for child
• institutions for child care and education - kindergartens / centres for early childhood development (public and private institutions).

Data on rights of social welfare for juvenile and adult recipients are collected with a regular annual survey for the period from 1 January to 31 December.

Data on institutions for accommodation of young children, juveniles and adults, and intermunicipal centres for social work are collected with a regular annual survey, reflecting the situation as at 31 December.

Data on homes for pupils in elementary and secondary schools, homes for secondary religious school students and dormitories for students who are educated outside their parents'/guardians' place of residence refer to the situation as at 31 March.

Data on institutions for child care and education - kindergartens / centres for early childhood development are collected with a regular annual survey, with 30 September as reference date.

Institutions for care and education of children - kindergartens / centres for early childhood development provide health care, food and daily stay for children in accordance with their development needs up to the age of 6 years, organised and divided into several types of groups.

Children's allowances (child care allowances, special allowances and one-off financial assistance for newborn child) and parental allowances for child (granted to mothers for third, fourth child, and single parental allowance) are collected with a regular annual survey for the period from 1 January to 31 December.