Table 4 Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2005

4	Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2005

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	128 964	26 945	17 561	12 543	9 844	8 105	7 240	6 280	5 837	5 803	6 734	8 222	13 850	5.3

Single males	48 521	9 296	6 286	4 626	3 678	3 032	2 764	2 496	2 361	2 448	2 752	3 289	5 493	5.6
- 19 years	2 934	640	586	370	268	208	187	159	105	108	86	99	118	4.2
20 - 24 years	10 511	1 906	1 417	1 118	962	755	644	627	573	521	594	614	780	5.3
25 - 44 years	23 622	4 238	2 833	2 127	1 661	1 438	1 326	1 230	1 211	1 303	1 489	1 774	2 992	5.9
45 - 66 years	10 695	2 260	1 347	965	751	607	585	466	448	492	550	746	1 478	5.6
67 years or more	759	252	103	46	36	24	22	14	24	24	33	56	125	5.2

Single females	26 679	5 843	3 807	2 615	2 027	1 628	1 435	1 243	1 187	1 069	1 354	1 644	2 827	5.2
- 19 years	2 360	494	451	334	237	180	156	133	97	76	67	57	78	4.2
20 - 24 years	6 247	1 224	938	697	600	439	400	352	296	262	305	324	410	4.9
25 - 44 years	9 247	1 871	1 227	833	660	584	497	436	487	431	522	630	1 069	5.5
45 - 66 years	7 035	1 787	1 032	652	476	371	336	290	260	247	336	418	830	5.1
67 years or more	1 790	467	159	99	54	54	46	32	47	53	124	215	440	6.6


Single parents	23 838	5 273	3 444	2 473	1 929	1 637	1 336	1 181	1 016	1 003	1 112	1 286	2 148	5.0
Males	5 923	994	720	557	435	402	360	344	270	299	362	406	774	5.8
Females	17 915	4 279	2 724	1 916	1 494	1 235	976	837	746	704	750	880	1 374	4.8

Couples without children	14 981	3 530	2 111	1 460	1 100	870	815	652	581	578	672	951	1 661	5.2

Couples with children	14 932	2 994	1 911	1 369	1 109	938	890	707	692	705	844	1 052	1 721	5.6

Unknown	13	9	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1.8