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Title   Profiles of Welfare: Myths & Realities
Date   Spring 1998
No.   Report No. 101

The report is a gold mine of statistical information about welfare in Canada in the 1990s which has never appeared in print before. The report presents the data by family type, reasons for assistance, length of current spell on welfare, age, level of education, other sources of income and housing arrangements.

Press Release: No Such Thing as a "Typical" Welfare Case, says National Council of Welfare Report

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