If you live in a working household experiencing poverty you are more likely... to receive benefits 3 out of 10 working households in poverty receive benefits at least once per year, versus 1 out of 10 working households not in poverty. you are more likely... to spend your income on rent working households in poverty who rent spend half of their disposable income on rent, compared to every fourth dollar for working households not in poverty. 9.2% of working households that rent are in poverty. you are less likely... to work full time and more likely... to work fewer hours Only 6 out of 10 working households in poverty have a main earner who works full-time. Those in working households experiencing poverty work 75% of the hours worked by working households not in poverty. you are less likely... to be a union member For working households experiencing poverty, union membership is about half the rate of working households not in poverty. you are more likely... to have a job that is lower on the ‘occupational hierarchy’ Those in jobs with lower levels of educational requirements, social status, and income are more likely to be living in poverty. For example, jobs in agriculture, forestry and fishing, accomodation and food service industry are all associated with elevated poverty in working households. 4 Human Rights Responses to Poverty in Working Households