Question 23 of 300Politics in a Democracy

In Germany, most people in employment are ...

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employed by a company or public authority.
employed in small family businesses.
work on a voluntary basis for a federal state.
self-employed with their own company.

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Correct answer to question 23: employed by a company or public authority.

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Around 90 percent of the workforce in Germany is in dependent employment, working for a company or a public authority. Self-employed people make up only about one tenth of the workforce.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

In Deutschland sind die meisten Erwerbstätigen …

bei einer Firma oder Behörde beschäftigt.
in kleinen Familienunternehmen beschäftigt.
ehrenamtlich für ein Bundesland tätig.
selbständig mit einer eigenen Firma tätig.

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