Chapter 7
Financial Circumstances
7.1 Sources of Income
In Question 22, participants were asked to indicate all of their current sources of income and economic support. Top of the list, with a frequency of 49, was that of husband or partner’s work, with part-time work mentioned 34 times and social welfare at 32. More than half the women had two sources of income (usually their husband/partner’s work and their own part-time earnings). Forty women were in households with only one income, while seven had a total of 3 sources.
Participants
were then asked to indicate their main source of income and the results can be seen
in the Pie Chart in Figure 6. Forty three percent
specified their husband/partner's work, eighteen per
cent indicated social welfare and seventeen per cent
specified their own full-time earnings as their main
source of income. From these findings, it is clear
that the majority of women in relationships (formal
or informal) are dependent on their husband/partner
for financial support. Only 17 women see themselves
as being self-sufficient financially, while a total
of 23 rely on social welfare payments or unemployment
benefit. |
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