Inter-generational dependency on social assistance

The percentage of workers in each group who had worked a total of 12 or more months was: • 81% in the Non-user group; • 79% in the Low User group; • 63% in the Part-timer group; and • 28% in the High User group. [...] Therefore, the major differences among groups was not in the type of jobs held but in: • whether or not they had worked since leaving high school; • the total length of time the workers in these groups had worked ; and • the degree to which the workers relied on SA between jobs. [...] The follow-up survey of June 2001 high school graduates by the Department of Youth Services and Post-Secondary Education found that only 6% of high school graduates were attending private colleges; the others were at the College of the North Atlantic or Marine Institute. [...] About 18% of the survey participants in the Part-timer and High User groups indicated they had serious health problems compared to only 6% of those in the Non-user and Low User groups. [...] Statistics obtained through the analysis of social assistance files indicated that “disability” was listed as the reason for assistance of 24% of the High User group and 12% of the Part-timer group (shown in Table 3 on page 5).