Table 7 Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2008

7 Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2008
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	Unknown	Average duration

Total	109 349	23 557	15 522	11 174	8 504	6 895	6 063	5 094	4 734	4 652	4 881	5 774	12 143	356	5.2

Single males	43 197	8 486	5 871	4 354	3 325	2 692	2 432	2 055	1 923	1 899	2 163	2 470	5 527	-	5.5
- 19 years	2 489	571	464	360	254	179	143	115	90	85	67	57	104	-	4.1
20 - 24 years	8 384	1 641	1 260	959	693	636	552	468	407	342	390	388	648	-	5.0
25 - 44 years	20 963	3 829	2 694	1 983	1 569	1 233	1 140	1 010	980	1 040	1 111	1 344	3 030	-	5.8
45 - 66 years	10 769	2 216	1 350	998	763	618	578	451	426	417	584	665	1 703	-	5.7
67 years or more	592	229	103	54	46	26	19	11	20	15	11	16	42	-	3.7

Single females	24 011	5 553	3 597	2 470	1 800	1 483	1 317	1 093	975	953	977	1 143	2 650	-	5.0
- 19 years	2 075	505	360	300	207	140	123	121	60	72	58	40	89	-	4.1
20 - 24 years	5 330	1 137	860	564	443	390	353	248	243	234	208	207	443	-	4.8
25 - 44 years	8 644	1 821	1 193	882	637	521	462	408	384	386	403	471	1 076	-	5.4
45 - 66 years	7 051	1 705	1 020	648	459	395	333	295	261	242	284	408	1 001	-	5.3
67 years or more	911	385	164	76	54	37	46	21	27	19	24	17	41	-	3.4

Single parents	17 144	3 868	2 631	1 829	1 452	1 176	988	793	772	738	721	794	1 382	-	4.8
Males	2 610	534	347	256	220	166	151	122	129	125	127	157	276	-	5.3
Females	14 534	3 334	2 284	1 573	1 232	1 010	837	671	643	613	594	637	1 106	-	4.8

Couples without children	12 309	3 167	1 884	1 326	992	741	628	517	462	460	415	549	1 168	-	4.7

Couples with children	12 330	2 481	1 539	1 195	935	803	698	636	602	602	605	818	1 416	-	5.5

Unknown	358	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	356	1.0