Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie

widows, widowers andone parent familiesTable C7: Number of Recipients of Deserted Wife’s Benefit, Deserted Wife’s Allowanceand One-Parent Family Payment, 2000 to 2009YearDeserted Wife’sBenefitDeserted Wife’sAllowance (1)One-Parent FamilyPayment (1)2000 12,654 1,613 74,119 88,3862001 12,177 1,612 77,142 90,9312002 11,794 1,582 79,195 92,5712003 11,339 1,523 79,296 92,1582004 10,769 1,456 80,103 92,3282005 10,180 1,382 80,366 91,9282006 9,760 766 83,081 93,6072007 9,395 693 85,084 95,1722008 9,056 617 87,840 97,5132009 8,737 550 90,484 99,771(1) See note on scheme changes and data comparability in the introduction to this sectionTotalTable C8: Number of Recipients of Deserted Wife’s Benefit and Deserted Wife’sAllowance by Age, 200938Age Deserted Wife’s Benefit Deserted Wife’sAllowanceUnder 25 years 0 025 to 29 years 0 030 to 34 years 1 035 to 39 years 18 040 to 44 years 301 445 to 49 years 1,180 3350 to 54 years 1,863 7455 to 59 years 2,062 15160 to 64 years 1,733 23965 years and over 1,579 49TOTAL 8,737 550Table C9: Number of Recipients of One-Parent Family Payment by Status of Parentand Number of Children, 2009Type of RecipientUnmarried Parent,Separated Parent,Prisoner’s SpouseWidowed Person Total (1)With 1 child 50,341 432 50,773With 2 children 25,162 236 25,398With 3 children 9,471 119 9,590With 4 children 3,090 49 3,139With 5 children 911 26 937With 6 or more children 369 12 381Total Recipients 89,344 874 90,218(1) 266 recipients of One-Parent Family Payment were not in receipt of a qualified child increase at December 2009. This is usually because their dependentchild is now claiming a One-Parent Family Payment in their own right<strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Information</strong> on Social Welfare Services 2009