Question 35 of 300 · General section
How does the German state finance social insurance?
Correct answer
Social security contributions
All answer options
- 1Church taxes
- 2Social security contributionsCorrect
- 3Donations
- 4Association contributions
Why is this answer correct?
Social insurance is funded roughly equally by employees and employers via social contributions (e.g. ~14.6% of gross wages for health insurance): not directly from taxes. A state subsidy from tax revenues covers deficits.
Facts about this question
- Question number
- 35 of 460
- Section
- General section (questions 1–300)
- Success rate
- 95% 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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