Whereas in 1997 just under one-third of households were receiving a grant, by 2007 this proportion had risen to about one-half. It should be noted that the 2007 data from which the quintiles are constructed is cruder than in previous years and thus the 2007 data is not strictly comparable with the earlier years). More than half of households in the bottom quintile receive some income from the Child Support Grant, in comparison with only 9% of households in the top quintile. In keeping with the earlier finding that the size of the Old Age Pension is sufficient to lift many households out of the poorest quintile, households receiving the Old Age Pension are more likely to be in the second and third quintile rather than the very poorest quintile.