Table 4 Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2001

4	Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2001

Family cycle phase	Total	Number of months on social asistance												Unknown duration	Average duration

Family cycle phase	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Unknown duration	Average duration

Total	127 914	30 530	18 246	12 519	9 331	7 854	6 518	5 878	5 464	5 618	6 041	7 453	12 459	3	5.1


Single males	49 458	10 520	6 702	4 725	3 646	3 065	2 608	2 385	2 243	2 397	2 570	3 121	5 475	1	5.4
- 19 years	3 227	765	551	372	281	238	199	162	139	138	127	103	152	-	4.4
20 - 24 years	9 483	2 053	1 410	1 053	727	607	561	495	475	470	461	514	657	-	5.0
25 - 44 years	25 411	4 896	3 161	2 329	1 847	1 564	1 299	1 280	1 168	1 312	1 464	1 772	3 318	1	5.7
45 - 66 years	10 267	2 404	1 424	885	731	619	509	412	437	438	495	673	1 240	-	5.3
67 - years	1 070	402	156	86	60	37	40	36	24	39	23	59	108	-	4.3

Single females	28 463	7 279	4 050	2 708	2 021	1 721	1 358	1 271	1 120	1 185	1 304	1 624	2 822	-	5.0
- 19 years	2 407	581	436	313	203	176	126	128	104	100	69	76	95	-	4.2
20 - 24 years	5 764	1 384	916	610	411	377	346	272	227	269	269	311	372	-	4.7
25 - 44 years	9 793	2 342	1 311	881	698	607	466	492	444	417	485	555	1 095	-	5.2
45 - 66 years	8 047	2 140	1 096	741	593	480	355	317	291	310	367	488	869	-	5.0
67 - years	2 452	832	291	163	116	81	65	62	54	89	114	194	391	-	5.2

Single parents	20 601	5 557	3 330	2 334	1 641	1 366	1 102	933	817	789	761	900	1 071	-	4.4
Males	2 514	622	357	257	197	157	139	100	107	109	118	140	211	-	4.9
Females	18 087	4 935	2 973	2 077	1 444	1 209	963	833	710	680	643	760	860	-	4.3

Couples without children	15 436	3 847	2 201	1 485	1 016	828	727	696	689	664	692	951	1 639	1	5.1

Couples with children	13 180	2 969	1 814	1 203	968	852	704	575	580	559	701	841	1 414	-	5.3

Unknown	776	358	149	64	39	22	19	18	15	24	13	16	38	1	3.2