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  Winter 2006

Europeans Receive Guaranteed Family Income

Austria: 1300 shillings = $121.64  for each child up to age 10

               1550 shillings = $145.03 age 10-19

               1850 shillings = $173.10 age 19 and over during vocational training

Belgium: 2746 francs = $87.64 1^st child

                5007 francs = $159.80 2^nd child

                7476 francs = $238.61 3^rd child

                471 francs = $15.09 supplement 1^st child age 6-12

                 718 francs =  $23.00 supplement 1^st child age 12-16

                 758 francs = $24.28 supplement 1^st child over 18 student/seeking employment

Denmark: 942 kroner = $162.87 per child age 0-2

                   850 kroner = $146.97 per child age 3-6

                   675 kroner = $116.71 per child age 7-17

Finland:  535 marks = $116.26 for 1 child

               1192 marks = $259.03) for 2 children

               1971 marks = $428.31 for 3 children

               2872 marks = $624.11 for 4 children

               1023 marks = $222.31 for each additional child

Germany: DM 250 = $165.15 for 1^st & 2^nd child

                   DM 300 = $198.19 for 3^rd child

                   DM 350 = $231.22 for each additional child

Ireland: 31.50 pounds = $51.68 for 1^st & 2^nd child

               42 pounds = $68.90 for each additional child

Luxembourg:  5371 francs = $172.03 for 1 child

                         13102 francs = $419.65  for 2 children

                         24459 francs = $783.40 for 3 children

                           9534 francs = $305.37 for each additional child

                           548 francs = $17.55 extra for each child age 6-11

                           1646 francs = $52.72 extra for each child age 12-17

Netherlands: 107 guilders minimum = $62.73 for 1 child under age 6

                        214 guilders maximum = $125.47 for 6 children age 12-17

Norway:  926 kroner = $146.60 per child for 1^st/2^nd child

               1091 kroner = $172.73 for 3^rd child

                 657 kroner = $104.01 extra for each child age 1-3

Spain: 3000 pesetas = $23.30 per child

Sweden: 750 kronor = $105.11 per child

Switzerland: 140 francs = $117.13 legal minimum per child

                        294 francs = $245.97 or more possible per child

United Kingdom: 62 pounds = $118.33 for 1^st child

                               42 pounds = $80.16 for each additional child

Info from Columbia University