Back to school this year inflation period This economic reality, which has not been seen for almost four decades, is an economic reality that will undoubtedly lead to changes in the routines and customs of many families in order to cope with the increasing population. school expenses.
Expenses that generally skyrocket with July CPI close to 11%, although much higher in special cases such as electricity (49.4%), diesel (35%) or gasoline (23.9%), e.g. essentials carrying children to school by their parents.
In fact, 36% of families substitution Going to school is the most worrying factor for this year’s “back to school”, followed by buying books (27%) and buying school supplies (26%), according to a survey conducted by market research platform Appinium.
Faced with this rise in fuel prices, the Government has announced free multi-trip tickets for rail services. Cercanías, Rodalies and Middle Distance Provided by Renfe for the period from 1 September to 31 December this year.
In addition, they will receive direct assistance for autonomous communities and municipal councils. Reduce the price of your transport tickets and multi-trip tickets by 30% and they declare that they can extend this discount by 50%, 60% or completely free of charge, within their authority.
According to the manager, these measures are aimed at leaving the car at home and encouraging driving. public transportWhile this means more time devoted to travel, it’s a decision many families will have to adopt from September.
Alternatives to save
On the way back to school purchase of books and school supplies This year represents a significant expense for families as well, as paper products increased by more than 23%, other stationery items increased by approximately 5%, textbooks increased by 1.5% and fiction products increased by 1.8%.
That’s why families are looking for ways to reduce these costs: According to the Appinio survey mentioned above, almost 50% of families will encourage. reuse school supplies; 47% will benefit from special promotions and discounts; 32% will request regional assistance; 31% will buy used materials and 17% will borrow.
By school canteen, The majority of students will continue to use this service, but 14% will bring a lunchbox from home to save.
Still, it won’t be easy considering it. the rise of food in a year: 13.9%, pasta (31.6%), butter (26.1%), milk (22.6%), eggs (22.5%), cereals (20.4%) ), highlighting the rise in poultry prices. meat (16.3%) and fresh legumes and vegetables (15.5%).
Another result of the aforementioned market research platform is that 25% of the families who participated in the survey and whose children participated in a study. compatible or special education center This year they considered changing them to a public school.
According to the National Institute of Statistics, Secondary education Compared to the same month of 2021, it increased by 2.3% in July, while primary education remained practically unchanged with a change of 2.1%, tertiary education 0.8% and infant education 0.3%.