Table 4 Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2003

4	Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2003

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	135 381	30 919	18 565	13 375	10 120	8 151	7 123	6 100	5 902	6 190	6 892	8 501	13 543	5.2

Single males	51 832	10 693	6 939	5 030	3 861	3 165	2 877	2 534	2 429	2 529	2 827	3 381	5 567	5.4
- 19 years	3 441	782	544	437	291	240	223	193	162	111	116	147	195	4.5
20 - 24 "	10 768	2 165	1 505	1 131	859	752	662	591	574	556	561	609	803	5.1
25 - 44 "	25 691	4 880	3 251	2 346	1 839	1 501	1 419	1 253	1 217	1 355	1 566	1 854	3 210	5.7
45 - 66 "	10 976	2 521	1 483	1 045	816	629	551	473	457	479	540	718	1 264	5.3
67 - "	956	345	156	71	56	43	22	24	19	28	44	53	95	4.4

Single females	28 994	7 139	4 045	2 900	2 142	1 683	1 471	1 282	1 210	1 255	1 371	1 810	2 686	5.0
- 19 years	2 437	553	419	321	218	185	156	135	104	77	84	76	109	4.3
20 - 24 "	6 245	1 360	918	734	496	400	377	310	309	297	280	343	421	4.9
25 - 44 "	10 001	2 244	1 317	925	739	577	517	459	444	489	525	687	1 078	5.3
45 - 66 "	7 968	2 203	1 136	764	586	453	372	318	305	303	349	472	707	4.8
67 - "	2 343	779	255	156	103	68	49	60	48	89	133	232	371	5.4


Single parents	20 115	5 330	3 177	2 195	1 722	1 354	1 108	848	795	813	796	852	1 125	4.4
Males	2 407	562	346	255	218	155	131	90	89	119	108	134	200	4.9
Females	17 708	4 768	2 831	1 940	1 504	1 199	977	758	706	694	688	718	925	4.4

Couples without children	18 546	4 391	2 414	1 756	1 307	1 070	911	817	778	834	954	1 273	2 041	5.3

Couples with children	15 887	3 362	1 989	1 494	1 088	879	755	618	690	759	944	1 185	2 124	5.6

Unknown	7	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2.7