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23% Babies Born 2010 On Benefit By Year End
Media Release
23% Babies Born 2010 On Benefit By Year
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Tuesday, October11, 2011
Data released to
welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell show that 23 percent
of the babies born in 2010 were reliant on a benefit by the
end of that year.
"Statistics released under the
Official Information Act show that at December 31, 2010,
14,537 Work and Income clients receiving a main benefit had
babies in their care that were born during 2010. That
represents 23 percent of all babies born in 2010. Almost one
in four."
"The implications for this high percentage
lie in the likelihood of these children remaining on a
benefit for many years. Ministry of Social Development
research found, /'The older the child when they first have
contact with the benefit system, the greater their
likelihood of leaving benefit. Compared to those in contact
at birth, those who first have contact between birth and
six months have a 15% increase in the probability of
leaving benefit. Between six months and one year there is a
33% increase, between one and two years there is a 41%
increase, and first contact between two and three years is
associated with a 56% increase in the probability of
leaving benefit.'/ "
"These are the circumstances
which are overwhelmingly contributing to New Zealand's
child poverty
problem."
ends
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