Table A1.
Indicators of Financial Stress (%) by Food Insecurity Status and Receipt of Social Assistance, Households 2015/2016.
| Food Insecure | Main Source of Household Social Assistance Benefits in Cash | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receives Social Assistance Benefits: | No | Yes | None | Age | Disability and | Family Support | Unemployment and | Other Pensions | ||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | Pension | Carer Payments | Payments | Student Allowances | and Allowances | ||
| Sought assistance from welfare/community organisation | <1 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 42.7 | <1 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 9.6 | <1 |
| Pawned or sold something | <1 | 2.3 | 12.9 | 34.7 | 1.1 | <1 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 1 |
| Sought financial help from friends or family | 3.9 | 6.9 | 57.6 | 59.7 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 14.2 | 14 | 21.5 | 4.2 |
| Unable to heat home | <1 | 2.1 | 22.8 | 30.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 8.3 | 1.1 |
| Could not pay gas/electricity/telephone | 5.6 | 10.5 | 55.9 | 59.3 | 6.1 | 4 | 19.6 | 22 | 20.9 | 6.1 |
| Could not pay registration / insurance on time | 2.3 | 3.8 | 35.2 | 31.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 6.7 | 8.6 | 12.1 | 2.3 |
| Unweighted (n) | 3855 | 5884 | 38 | 263 | 3894 | 2680 | 836 | 1177 | 528 | 926 |
| Weighted (%) | 43.5 | 53.7 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 44.0 | 19.9 | 7.4 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 9.5 |