Yesterday the Sallies published their State of the Nation report. It was covered in the NZ Herald:
"...the report notes that welfare numbers have declined faster than unemployment in recent years, suggesting that not all those pushed off benefits have found jobs.
"Just what has happened to these people, and whether they are better or worse off, is a mystery." "
Not quite. SuperU (ex Families Commission) released some research today which followed 140,000 people who left benefits in the year to June 30, 2011:
About the 'unknowns' the report makes this observation:
"18 percent of people who moved off a benefit but did not return, their main activity two years later was unknown. It is possible that some of these people were being supported by their partner."I suspect quite a large proportion as movements in and out of sole parenthood are common, and the rate of sole parent dependency has fallen the fastest.
This is significant because the left have been complaining for some time that the heartless government was pushing people off benefits and had no idea what happened to them.
It does now.
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