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Survey of Family, Income and Employment Dynamics


(Wave Two)Up to September 2004

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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.






 

Brian Pink
Government Statistician

4 November 2005
Cat 52.908 Set 05/06 – 070


 

 



  Survey of Family, Income and Employment Dynamics: (Wave Two) Up to September 2004 (pdf)



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