Changes in Student Allowances in 2007
The number of student allowances recipients rose by 5 percent in both 2006 and 2007 reaching 62,500 in 2007. These increases followed a period of falling uptake.
Author: Central Forecasting and Modelling Unit [Ministry of Education]Date Published: December 2008
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Student allowances by parental status
From 2000 to 2004, the percentage of allowances recipients with children remained relatively stable at around 12 percent. The percentage dropped to 11 percent in 2005, to 10 percent in 2006 and further to 9 percent in 2007. In 2007, the average annual allowances of recipients with children and without children were about $9,300 and $5,900 respectively – meaning that the average annual allowance of recipients with children was about 50 percent higher than the overall average annual allowance of $6,200.