This chart shows demographic distribution of responses in our Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality survey to the phrase People who receive unemployment payments do not deserve to live in poverty.
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- By age: Agreement increased by age group, from 66% (aged 18 to 30) to 80% (aged 68 and above).
- By gender: More women agreed with this statement (77%) than men (70%).
- By income: Agreement decreased by income quintile, from 78% (lowest income) to 68% (highest income).
- By income support payment: 82% of people in the lowest income quintile who were receiving JobSeeker payments agreed with this statement. People receiving carer payments agreed more (84%) than those receiving disability payments (75%) or the rest of the population (73%).
- By employment status: People in full-time employment agreed least (69%) and people who were not in the labour force agreed most with this statement (80%) when compared by employment status.
- By income source: When compared by main income source, people who were receiving government income support payments (82%) agreed most, and those who received wages (70%) agreed least.
- By housing tenure: When compared by housing status, people who tenants in public or community housing (80%) agreed most, and those who were not a homeowner or tenant (i.e., ‘other’ housing arrangements; 69%) agreed least.
- By location: When analysed by state, West Australians agreed least (71%) and Tasmanians agreed most (82%).
- By voting preference: People who voted Liberal/National or Independent in the last election agreed least (68%) and people who voted Greens agreed most (86%).
- By electorate: Differences in agreement by party affiliation of elected parliamentary representative were small (72–74%).
