Did you or any of your household members receive assistance such as food employment benefits, health, etc., in the past six months? * Poverty Level (August 2006) Crosstabulation
% within Poverty Level (August 2006)


Poverty Level (August 2006) Total
Hardship cases Below the poverty line Above the poverty line
Did you or any of your household members receive assistance such as food employment benefits, health, etc., in the past six months? yes, we did receive assistance 10.5% 7.6% 5.2% 8.0%
No, we did not receive assistance 89.5% 92.4% 94.8% 92.0%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 7.054(a) 2 .029
Likelihood Ratio 7.215 2 .027
Linear-by-Linear Association 7.030 1 .008
N of Valid Cases 1086

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 26.12.