Sole Parent Support (SPS) is for sole parents with dependent children under 14 who can look or prepare for part-time work.
Key facts
At the end of June 2014:
74,027 working-age people were receiving Sole Parent Support.
2.7 percent of the working-age population of New Zealand were receiving Sole Parent Support.
Sole Parent Support recipients are more likely to be aged between 25 and 39, and to be female.
80 percent of recipients of Sole Parent Support had been receiving any benefit continuously for more than one year.