As the political parties continue to dream wild dreams about education and child poverty, you have to wonder if any of them actually know what they're talking about. With 109,000 parents now on the DPB it's time someone found the answer.

Ref: http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/births/teenage-fertility-in-nz.aspx

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_Purposes_Benefit