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West Island households receiving welfare benefits, by category (1996/2000)

  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Household total 4412 4344 3891 3555 3290
  N % N % N % N % N %
Persons living alone 2443 55.4% 2428 55.9% 2248 57.8% 2173 61.1% 2067 62.8%
Lone-parent families 1205 27.3% 1173 27.0% 989 25.4% 827 23.3% 748 22.7%
Couples with children 542 12.3% 537 12.4% 472 12.1% 412 11.6% 339 10.3%
Couples without children 203 4.6% 190 4.4% 170 4.4% 136 3.8% 125 3.8%
Student spouse 19 0.4% 16 0.4% 12 0.3% 7 0.2% 11 0.3%


Rate of change
1996/97 -2%
1996/98 -12%
1996/99 -19%
1996/00 -25%


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Source: Conseil de développement d'affaires du West Island

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