Double income no kids
The acronym DINK (Engl. For d ouble (or d ual) i Ncome n o k ids to German "double income, no kids") refers to people between 25 and 45 years in a relationship who have no children or no children remain want; They live together as a married , more often still as an unmarried couple, are usually both employed and have a correspondingly high (double) household income , but not necessarily a university degree like many dual career couples .
Since there are no children to look after , the compatibility of family and work is less relevant at DINKs.
Older couples who live alone because their adult children have moved out are not counted among the DINKs, nor do couples who live on transfer income, who are still studying or who are involuntarily childless. Around 11% of couple households in Germany are DINKs and thus make up around 3% of all households. In the population statistics of the Federal Statistical Office , however, the term is not used.
DINKs are a popular target group for advertising . The term comes from the marketing and serving segmentation of customer groups . DINKs - like yuppies or LOHAS - are usually assigned to the upper middle class. In urban geography , in addition to singles, they are considered carriers of so-called gentrification processes .
In Germany, the term is often used disparagingly, but it shows actual changes in the demographic behavior of Western societies. Changed values make life models without their own children more attractive from the perspective of the individual. The pension is independent of their own children, career-oriented women are socially accepted.
The economic situation of DINKs appears to be much more attractive compared to families with children. Two income from work are also available for two people to support themselves; families with children sometimes have only one income from work for three or more people. Accordingly, DINKs develop two full and independent pension schemes, the sole earner in a family can only earn one full pension scheme. Despite state subsidies for families such as child benefit , the inclusion of child-rearing periods in the calculation of pensions or tax relief through tax exemptions and spouse splitting , life in the DINK situation is often perceived as more attractive than the formation of a family, the social models are changing. The consequences are not only an aging society , but also a threat to the generation contract .
literature
- Hans Werner Sinn : The Demographic Deficit. The facts, the consequences, the causes and the policy implications, in: Christian Leipert (Hrsg.): Demokratie und Wohlstand. New importance for family in business and society . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , 2003, pp. 57–88
Web links
- Violetta Simon: Child-love single women: Away there, soccer mothers - the professional aunts are coming! Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 14, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Gerdes, Matthias Kirk, Karl-Otto Richter: Social study on the URBAN framework plan area of the Hanseatic City of Rostock ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Final report April 1997, p. 82.
- ↑ dink Onpulson economic lexicon, accessed December 2, 2016th
- ↑ David Fehr: From Skippie to Woopie PUNKTmagazin, September 7, 2010.
- ↑ income households: DINK and DINKY Institute for Economic Research , November 13, 2014.
- ↑ Nathalie Versieux: Germany: Land without mothers Libération , 4 December 2012 found.
- ↑ See Wouter van Gils, Gerbert Kraaykamp: The Emergence of Dual-Earner Couples. A Longitudinal Study of the Netherlands . In: International Sociology. Volume 23, 2008, pp. 345–366.
- ↑ Wolfgang Böhm: The EU is losing its children Die Presse .com, April 17, 2015.
