§ 41. Mr. Mikardoasked the Minister of Labour what estimate he has made of the number of married male workers whose wages are lower than the scale of the National Assistance Board, and of the number of children under 16 years of age in the families of these workers.
§ Mr. GunterThe only figures at present available are based on a very small sample subject to wide margins of error. The number of families in which the wages of the head of the household—as distinct from the total household income—are below the National Assistance Board's scale, seems to be between 100,000 and 200,000. The avergae number of children under 16 years of age in these families is probably something over three.
§ Mr. Mappasked the Minister of Labour what estimate he has made of the number of families and children where the wage earner's income is below the scales of the National Assistance Board.
§ Mr. GunterThe only figures at present available to me are based on a very small sample and are subject to wide margins of error. The number of families seems to be somewhere between 50,000 and 150,000. The average number of children in these families is probably something over three.