Last year, 6.1 per cent of Sörmland residents received financial assistance, which means income support but also other assistance for temporary needs such as dental care, glasses or funeral costs.
High above the national average
No other county in Sweden has such a high proportion of development assistance recipients, and the national average is 3.6 per cent.
Vingåker has the highest proportion of development assistance recipients in Sörmland, where the proportion amounts to 9 per cent.
This is what it looks like in the municipalities of Sörmland according to Statistics Sweden:
Vingåker 9.0
Flen 8.3
Eskilstuna 7.9
Katrineholm 6.2
Nyköping 5.2
Strängnäs 4.2
Gnesta 2.3
Panties 1.4
(Oxelösund - information missing)
All members of a household that receives assistance are counted as recipients of assistance.