Other pensions paid under the Italian system include: social pensions, paid to about 800,000 persons aged over 65 and acting as a sort of minimum guaranteed income for the elderly; a top-up to the minimum level for workers; disability pensions and war pensions. Initiatives in these areas are addressed mainly to certain specific categories: the elderly, the poor, women with disabled children, households with dependent children, and citizens with income below the poverty line.  Social protection instruments to combat poverty include:
Les autres prestations de retraite servies par le système de protection sociale italien sont notamment : la retraite sociale, versée à environ 800.000 personnes âgées de plus de 65 ans, qui constitue une sorte de revenu minimum garanti aux personnes âgées ; un complément pour les travailleurs dont la retraite est inférieure à un seuil ; des pensions d'invalidité et des pensions