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Survey of Family, Income and Employment Dynamics (Wave 2) September 2004

Embargoed until 10:45am – 04 November 2005

Media release –

Highlights

There were 578,600 people in a one parent with child(ren) family at some stage during their first two years in the survey. Of those people, 64.0 percent were in a one parent with child(ren) family for the whole two years.
Four out of every 10 (40.5 percent) people aged 15 years and over had credit card debt, while 31.2 percent had mortgage debt.

There were 235,400 people who spent some time not employed but seeking work in their first two years in the survey. Of those people, 61.7 percent spent less than 26 weeks not employed but seeking work in those two years
Out of all people aged 15 years and over, 98.1 percent owned household items, 81.8 percent owned vehicle(s) and leisure equipment, and 75.8 percent had a bank account in credit.

Graph, Time-spell by Labour Force Involvement.

Brian Pink	4 November 2005
Government Statistician	Cat 52.908 Set 05/06 – 070