Table 4 Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2004

4	Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2004¹

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	132 067	28 520	18 119	12 864	10 062	8 212	7 141	6 374	6 029	6 205	7 048	8 252	13 241	5.3

Single males	52 240	10 235	6 944	4 969	3 971	3 237	2 935	2 634	2 532	2 574	3 025	3 432	5 752	5.5
years	3 376	793	579	425	360	222	195	160	120	131	111	126	154	4.3
20 - 24 "	11 028	2 046	1 620	1 147	912	741	699	636	576	566	624	638	823	5.2
25 - 44 "	25 614	4 647	3 121	2 305	1 819	1 529	1 424	1 316	1 377	1 358	1 621	1 863	3 234	5.8
45 - 66 "	11 343	2 479	1 510	1 016	826	707	585	498	444	486	631	748	1 413	5.4
67 - "	879	270	114	76	54	38	32	24	15	33	38	57	128	5.1

Single females	28 889	6 552	4 032	2 861	2 183	1 762	1 514	1 337	1 222	1 335	1 435	1 831	2 825	5.2
years	2 508	604	439	343	240	172	161	118	103	87	73	91	77	4.1
20 - 24 "	6 351	1 314	941	716	558	465	343	351	278	327	334	333	391	4.9
25 - 44 "	10 289	2 112	1 338	975	731	644	568	499	524	515	554	665	1 164	5.5
45 - 66 "	7 701	1 967	1 111	704	572	424	387	323	277	310	367	489	770	5.0
67 - "	2 040	555	203	123	82	57	55	46	40	96	107	253	423	6.2

Single parents	18 673	4 672	2 912	2 066	1 544	1 276	1 069	887	828	689	819	794	1 117	4.6
Males	2 363	539	370	279	174	138	111	127	114	101	112	116	182	4.8
Females	16 310	4 133	2 542	1 787	1 370	1 138	958	760	714	588	707	678	935	4.5

Couples without children	17 305	3 953	2 350	1 618	1 252	1 050	871	833	753	837	903	1 081	1 804	5.3

Couples with children	14 953	3 105	1 879	1 350	1 112	886	752	683	694	769	866	1 114	1 743	5.6

Unknown	7	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3.0

¹	Includes benefits to refugees and immigrants for some municipalities.