Table A2.
Management of Household Income and Standard of Living (%) 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 | ||
| Management of Household Income | ||||||||||
| Spend more money than we get | 10 | 13.6 | 22 | 46.1 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 21 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 12.3 |
| Just break even most weeks | 33.2 | 49.6 | 60.2 | 48.8 | 33.5 | 49.5 | 50.1 | 52.3 | 55.1 | 41.1 |
| Able to save money most weeks | 56.8 | 36.8 | 17.8 | 5.1 | 56.4 | 14.6 | 28.9 | 27.4 | 24 | 46.6 |
| Present Standard of Living | ||||||||||
| Better than 2 years ago | 41 | 22.3 | 15.2 | 22.9 | 40.7 | 13.1 | 22.9 | 31.6 | 27.9 | 25.1 |
| The same as 2 years ago | 40.9 | 50.6 | 32.5 | 24.9 | 40.8 | 62.6 | 43.6 | 39.3 | 30.6 | 50.6 |
| Worse than 2 years ago | 18.1 | 27.1 | 52.4 | 52.1 | 18.5 | 23.4 | 33.5 | 29.1 | 41.5 | 24.4 |
| 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 |