Table 4 Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2002

4	Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2002

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

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

Total	128 814	30 248	18 142	12 519	9 581	7 689	6 536	5 847	5 582	5 510	6 326	7 733	13 101	5.1

Single males	50 181	10 388	6 792	4 758	3 750	3 117	2 655	2 467	2 343	2 354	2 743	3 248	5 566	5.4
- 19 years	3 240	743	552	402	296	239	179	159	164	110	126	119	151	4.4
20 - 24 years	9 895	2 063	1 493	964	812	697	565	513	478	498	532	553	727	5.1
25 - 44 years	25 533	4 919	3 175	2 320	1 842	1 507	1 370	1 290	1 213	1 298	1 531	1 832	3 236	5.7
45 - 66 years	10 541	2 318	1 435	985	747	640	506	480	460	424	521	681	1 344	5.4
67 - years	972	345	137	87	53	34	35	25	28	24	33	63	108	4.5

Single females	28 623	7 166	4 064	2 726	2 110	1 598	1 465	1 235	1 199	1 166	1 409	1 745	2 740	5.0
- 19 years	2 340	567	428	271	229	151	152	130	111	76	85	59	81	4.2
20 - 24 years	6 014	1 398	900	639	498	362	361	292	299	275	298	286	406	4.8
25 - 44 years	9 994	2 347	1 352	927	738	591	501	443	428	441	541	657	1 028	5.2
45 - 66 years	7 943	2 146	1 106	726	548	421	371	319	307	287	378	520	814	5.0
67 - years	2 332	708	278	163	97	73	80	51	54	87	107	223	411	5.6


Single parents	20 336	5 452	3 333	2 277	1 629	1 308	1 067	860	797	739	789	845	1 240	4.4
Males	2 503	627	388	254	173	145	102	113	111	101	116	128	245	4.9
Females	17 833	4 825	2 945	2 023	1 456	1 163	965	747	686	638	673	717	995	4.3

Couples without children	15 299	3 853	2 115	1 434	1 097	863	677	674	607	646	683	921	1 729	5.1

Couples with children	13 660	3 052	1 734	1 258	961	767	655	585	627	589	692	952	1 788	5.5

Unknown	715	337	104	66	34	36	17	26	9	16	10	22	38	3.3