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    Statistics That Matter
    How Much are we Talking About?

    from The Jobs Letter No.38 / 8 May 1996


    This is what beneficiaries and minimum wage workers get
    (nett rates as of April 1996)

    Training Benefit (single aged 16-17) $94.56
    Job Search Allowance (single aged 16-17) $94.56
    Independent Youth Benefit (single aged 16-17) $118.74

    Unemployment and Training Benefits (single aged 18-24) $118.74
    Unemployment and Training Benefits (single aged 25+) $142.50
    Unemployment and Training Benefits (married couple) $237.48

    Sickness Benefit (single aged 16-17) $118.74
    Sickness Benefit (single aged 18-24) $142.50
    Sickness Benefit (single aged 25+) $148.43
    Sickness Benefit (married couple) $269.90

    Invalids Benefit (single aged 16-17) $144.13
    Invalids Benefit (single aged 18+) $178.11
    Invalids Benefit (married couple) $296.86

    Widows and Domestic Purposes Benefit (single parent +1 child) $204.10
    Widows and Domestic Purposes Benefit (2 or more children) $222.66

    Superannuation (and Veterans) Pension (single, alone) $203.53
    Superannuation Pension (single, sharing accom.) $187.87
    Superannuation Pension (married person) $156.56

    Accommodation Supplement from $36$115
    available to beneficiaries depending on the amount they pay on rent or their mortgage, and where in New Zealand that they live.

    Training Incentive Allowance
    ordinary maximum rate $22.97
    hardship maximum rate $34.16
    tertiary rate $78.97

    Family Support Rates
    first or only child $42.00
    second or subsequent child 0-12 yrs $27.00
    second or subsequent child 13+ yrs $35.00

    Student Allowances (aged 16-24, at home) $94.98
    Student Allowances (aged 16-24, independent) $118.74
    Student Allowances (aged 25+, at home) $113.99
    Student Allowances (aged 25+, independent) $142.50

    Minimum Youth Wage (aged 16-19) $153 for 40 hrs (before tax)
    Minimum Adult Wage (aged 20+) $255 for 40 hrs (before tax)
    Source - schedule of benefit rates from Income Support Service, April 1996


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