April 2007



Main type of assistance that you or your household received in the past six months. * Poverty (incl. hardship cases). Crosstabulation
% within Poverty (incl. hardship cases).


Poverty (incl. hardship cases). Total
Hardship cases Below poverty level Above poverty level
Main type of assistance that you or your household received in the past six months. Food assistance 60.8% 74.1% 55.6% 63.5%
Financial assistance 23.5% 11.1% 38.9% 22.9%
Employment assistance 2.0% 3.7%
2.1%
Educational assistance 3.9% 3.7%
3.1%
Housing assistance 2.0%
5.6% 2.1%
Other types of assistance 7.8% 7.4%
6.3%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 8.779(a) 10 .553
Likelihood Ratio 11.006 10 .357
Linear-by-Linear Association .624 1 .429
N of Valid Cases 96

a 13 cells (72.2%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .38.