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The pension insurance programme takes care of citizens in the case of old age, disability or loss of breadwinner. Provided within this programme as of 1 January 1996 (Social Security Act No. 155/1995 Coll.) are old-age, disability (full and partial), widows', widowers', and orphans' pensions. According to the Act, wives' pensions, pensions for long-term service, social pensions, pensions granted before 1 January 1957 are provided as either disability or old-age pensions.
The Czech statistical service uses outputs from the information systems run by (i) the Czech Social Security Administration (information on sickness insurance benefits, pensions actually paid, pension insurance benefits, average monthly level of newly granted pensions, average pensions - all except data for the Ministry of Defence of the CR, the Ministry of the Interior of the CR and the Ministry of Justice of the CR).
Pensions and pension insurance benefits paid
The tables list pensions paid in 1995 under Act No. 100/1988 Coll., on Pension Insurance as last amended and since 1996 under Act No. 155/1995 Coll., on Pension Insurance.
Average monthly level of pensions
Shown are data on pensioners who receive only basic ("solo") pensions, such as old-age, disability, widows' and widowers' pensions, from which the average level of solo-pensions is calculated. Listed are also combined widows' and widower's pensions where the amounts of both pensions paid are added up (in compliance with Act No. 100/1988 Coll., before 1996; and Act No. 155/1995 Coll., since 1996). The amounts of money paid to the helpless and in the form of child benefits paid to pensioners looking after children are excluded. Included in the pensions since 1 December 1994 has been the government compensation benefit which is now their integral part. The average monthly level of the pensions paid is their average level per pensioner in the reference month, as expressed by the following formula:
A =
where
A is the average monthly level of the pensions paid,
B is the sum of the amounts of pensions provided according to pension sheets in the last month of the reference period,
C is the number of pensions paid.
The average level of pensions as at 31 December of the reference year is thus the average level of pension paid per pensioner.
The pensioner is included in that type of social security for which he/she satisfies the requirements for granting pension (in compliance with Act No. 100/1988 Coll., before 1996; Act No. 155/1995 Coll., since 1996).
The figures released in the Statistical Yearbooks of the former Czechoslovak Federal Republic include rises in pensions paid to the helpless and as child benefits to pensioners looking after children, which is why they are not comparable with those presented in the Statistical Yearbooks of the Czech Republic.
Number and average level of new pensions granted: by type, by sex
Listed are pensions provided in accordance with Act No. 155/1995 Coll., on Pension Insurance (except for proportional old-age pensions) or relevant provisions of preceding regulations:
full old-age pension (Section 29 (a))
proportional old-age pension (Section 26, Act No. 100/1988 Coll.; Section 29 (b), Act No. 155/1995 Coll.)
early old-age pension - by 2 years (Section 30)
early old-age pension - by 3 years (Section 31)
full disability pension (Section 38)
full disability pension (the so-called disability from young days) (Section 42)
partial disability pension (Section 43)
widow's pension (Section 49 (1))
widower's pension (Section 49 (2))
orphan's pension (Section 52).
Average numbers of the sickness insured
The indicator shows the average number of persons who are sickness insured under Act No. 54/56 Coll., on Sickness Insurance, as last amended.
Excluded from this statutory insurance are regular members of the armed forces, foreign nationals (not residing in the territory of the Czech Republic), employees working in the Czech Republic for an employer not based (having no seat) in the Czech Republic, and employees with occasional jobs only. The average number of the sickness insured does not include women on maternity leave and temporary members of the armed forces.
The table is broken down by institutional sector, and the individual sectors are defined as follows:
- public sector (government and municipal);
- private sector (including cooperatives and employees of unincorporated natural persons, excluding self-employed persons);
- foreign sector (business controlled by foreign owners);
- self-employed persons.
Before 1997, only data from collected questionnaires were published, i.e. no estimates for non-response were made. Starting with 1997, the data have been grossed to universe.
State social support benefits paid
The presented figures on state social support benefits paid include benefits provided with regard to the income level of family - i.e. tested benefits such as child benefit, social benefit, housing contribution and transport contribution and regardless of the income family - i.e. non-tested benefits such as parental benefit, providing-for benefit, foster care benefit, child-birth grant and death grant. Paid also were the so-called separate benefits: heat contribution (paid from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 2000) and rental contribution (paid from 1 July 1997 to 31 December 2000), which were constructed like the tested benefits.