Table 7 Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2009

7 Recipients of social assistance by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2009
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	117 653	24 500	16 620	12 180	9 326	7 567	6 702	5 555	4 993	4 555	4 947	6 347	14 361	5.3

Single males	46 376	8 824	6 197	4 710	3 634	2 970	2 671	2 269	2 061	1 911	2 032	2 703	6 394	5.5
- 19 years	3 020	631	484	416	310	254	203	141	127	107	114	78	155	4.4
20 - 24 years	9 536	1 703	1 417	1 078	824	693	613	555	466	434	426	434	893	5.2
25 - 44 years	21 890	3 923	2 755	2 154	1 677	1 346	1 243	1 054	1 012	942	1 014	1 410	3 360	5.8
45 - 66 years	11 300	2 311	1 441	998	782	653	589	498	441	412	471	766	1 938	5.8
67 years or more	630	256	100	64	41	24	23	21	15	16	7	15	48	3.6

Single females	26 386	5 644	3 916	2 737	2 102	1 691	1 502	1 215	1 061	971	1 073	1 387	3 087	5.2
- 19 years	2 312	463	385	304	229	216	162	105	90	89	73	78	118	4.5
20 - 24 years	6 132	1 164	977	723	522	409	399	336	274	241	265	293	529	5.0
25 - 44 years	9 658	1 940	1 371	966	746	622	559	464	413	358	433	525	1 261	5.4
45 - 66 years	7 403	1 738	1 041	667	541	401	358	286	259	258	279	458	1 117	5.4
67 years or more	881	339	142	77	64	43	24	24	25	25	23	33	62	3.9

Single parents	18 449	4 036	2 779	2 004	1 558	1 285	1 076	916	815	687	727	867	1 699	4.9
Males	3 641	864	525	380	278	244	189	182	149	144	149	181	356	5.0
Females	14 808	3 172	2 254	1 624	1 280	1 041	887	734	666	543	578	686	1 343	4.9

Couples without children	13 755	3 536	2 160	1 487	1 069	819	685	562	488	445	462	618	1 424	4.7

Couples with children	12 682	2 459	1 568	1 241	963	802	767	592	568	540	653	772	1 757	5.6

Unknown	5	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	5.2