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Draws on Eurostat data to provide a general overview of social protection in Greece in the framework of the southern European welfare model. The late development of the Greek welfare state is attributed to institutional & organizational particularities, closely connected with the country's political history & socioeconomic development after WWII. The principal characteristics of the Greek welfare state are inadequacy, lack of uniformity & inefficiency in provided benefits, absence of coordination between individual services, centralized administrative & operating structures, & disparities in coverage. A sectoral analysis reveals the system's weaknesses. Informal care is widely practiced through the family, with women playing the main role. A "mixed economy of welfare" & a search for new forms of interaction between the public & the private are required, while general reforms are needed in the formal care sector. 2 Figures, 38 References. Adapted from the source document.