Question 23 of 300 · General section

In Germany, most people in employment are ...

Correct answer

employed by a company or public authority.

All answer options

  1. 1employed by a company or public authority.Correct
  2. 2employed in small family businesses.
  3. 3volunteer for a federal state.
  4. 4self-employed with his own company.

Why is this answer correct?

Around nine in ten working people in Germany are in dependent employment: that is, employed by a company or a public authority and covered by social insurance. The self-employed make up only about a tenth. Volunteering is by definition not gainful employment, since it does not provide a living.

Facts about this question

Question number
23 of 460
Section
General section (questions 1–300)
Success rate
97% answer it correctly
Source
Official BAMF question catalogue

This question is reproduced unchanged from the official question catalogue of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The real Einbürgerungstest draws 33 questions from this set; 17 correct answers are needed to pass.

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