Measures concerning individuals

Illustration of the impact of the indexation of social assistance benefits
Social assistance benefits
Illustration of the impact of the 2.7% indexation in 2002 (in dollars)
|
Monthly benefit |
Full-year benefit |
2001
(December)
|
2002
(January)
|
Variation |
2001
(December)
|
2002
(January)
|
Variation |
Person living alone |
Able to work1 |
501 |
515 |
14 |
6 012 |
6 180 |
168 |
Severely limited
employment capacity |
734 |
754 |
20 |
8 808 |
9 048 |
240 |
Couple |
Able to work1 |
776 |
797 |
21 |
9 312 |
9 564 |
252 |
Severely limited
employment capacity |
1 097 |
1 127 |
30 |
13 164 |
13 524 |
360 |
|
- Benefits for persons who do not have a severely limited capacity for employment.
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