August 2007



Usage of coping strategies to alleviate monetary difficulties * Poverty all Crosstabulation
% within Poverty all


Poverty all Total
Above the poverty ;level Below the poverty level
Usage of coping strategies to alleviate monetary difficulties Available and used to a great extent 16.3% 7.7% 13.8%
Available and used to some extent 15.8% 19.8% 17.0%
Available and used sometimes 15.4% 12.1% 14.4%
Available and not used 22.6% 39.6% 27.6%
No longer available 21.7% 14.3% 19.6%
Were never available 8.1% 6.6% 7.7%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 13.264(a) 5 .021
Likelihood Ratio 13.359 5 .020
Linear-by-Linear Association .322 1 .570
N of Valid Cases 312

a 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 7.00.