Unemployed Respondents
Respondents who indicated they had not worked before receiving benefits were asked what they were doing instead. Four categories of fixed responses were offered in addition to “none of the above” and “other.” Categories were not mutually exclusive and respondents could provide more than one answer. For analysis purposes “none of the above” and “other” were combined. Respondents did not provide a description for “other.” The largest percentage of respondents indicated they were parenting.
Table 15: If you were not employed before you started collecting Social Security benefits or Adult Public Assistance, were you doing any of the following?
|
|
n |
% |
|
|
Looking for work |
9 |
8.8 |
|
|
Parenting |
18 |
17.6 |
|
|
Going to school or participating in a training program |
12 |
11.7 |
|
|
Doing volunteer or other unpaid work |
14 |
13.7 |
|
|
None of the above and Other |
49 |
48.0 |
|
|
Total |
102 |
100 |
|
