Requests for legal aid and reason request by characteristics
| Background characteristics | Periods | Requests for legal assistance Legal assistance total (in % of the concerned group) | Requests for legal assistance Lawyer (in % of the concerned group) | Requests for legal assistance Law centre (in % of the concerned group) | Requests for legal assistance Semi-private organisation (in % of the concerned group) | Requests for legal assistance Notary public (in % of the concerned group) | Reason request for legal assistance Problems related to work (in % of the concerned group) | Reason request for legal assistance Problems related to benefits (in % of the concerned group) | Reason request for legal assistance Problems related to rented house (in % of the concerned group) | Reason request for legal assistance Problems related to ownership house (in % of the concerned group) | Reason request for legal assistance Problems related to contracts (in % of the concerned group) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age cat. 1: 75 yrs and older | 2004 | 11.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 7.7 | - | - | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| Age cat. 2: 65 yrs and older | 2004 | 15.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 0.4 |
| Age cat. 3: 85 yrs and older | 2004 | 7.8 | - | - | 2.8 | 4.9 | - | - | 1.0 | 0.7 | - |
| Age cat. 4 x gender:men,75 yrs and older | 2004 | 11.7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 7.1 | - | - | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Age cat. 4xgender:women,75 yrs and older | 2004 | 10.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 7.9 | - | - | 0.9 | 1.9 | - |
| Age cat. 5 x gender:men,65 yrs and older | 2004 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 11.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 0.8 |
| Age cat. 5xgender:women,65 yrs and older | 2004 | 14.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 9.9 | - | - | 1.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| Age cat. 6 x gender:men,85 yrs and older | 2004 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Age cat. 6xgender:women,85 yrs and older | 2004 | 7.8 | - | - | 2.8 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Half-skilled and unskilled manual labour | 2004 | 26.0 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 9.0 | 12.1 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 8.2 | 1.9 |
| Victims of vandalism | 2004 | 39.0 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 12.2 | 22.1 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 14.6 | 3.3 |
| Victims of hit-and-run accidents | 2004 | 36.1 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 14.9 | 19.5 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 0.8 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||
Table explanation
Requests for legal aid and reason make a request for legal aid;
sex, age, level of education, socio - economic group
1997 - 2004
Changed on February 03 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.
sex, age, level of education, socio - economic group
1997 - 2004
Changed on February 03 2010.
Frequency: Discontinued.
Description topics
- Requests for legal assistance
- Legal assistance total
- Lawyer
- Law centre
- Including legal shops and legal advice centres.
- Semi-private organisation
- Legal advice service trade union, consumers organisations, rent
assessment committee, legal expenses insurance.
- Notary public
- Reason request for legal assistance
- Problems related to work
- Problems related to new job, dismissal, pension, etc.
- Problems related to benefits
- Problems related to social security benefits (illness, unemployment,
disablement, etc.).
- Problems related to rented house
- Problems related to increase in rent, housing benefit.
- Problems related to ownership house
- Problems related to purchase of a new house, mortgage.
- Problems related to contracts
- Problems related to purchase of durables, car insurance, health insurance.