Concerns may also arise related to differences in the level of assistance provided by UB and SA, and the extent to which households need to “fall into poverty” before becoming eligible for social assistance. The generosity of SA is assessed separately for single persons with and without children. From the figure, it is clear that benefits are often quite low compared with commonly-used definitions of relative poverty, especially when housing-related benefits are not included. Typically, the level of social assistance is lower for single individuals than for single parents.