Given that these cohorts are outside of the labour market, this is an indication of the increasing support that these older groups are receiving through the state old age pension. Given this clear evidence of the impact of government support and the fact that the government has rolled out a huge child support grant programme in the post 2000 period (see Chapter 3 for details), it is disappointing to see that the incidence of child poverty remained high and declined only marginally over time. Within the working age population, poverty incidence in the 21-30 cohort is significantly higher than in the 31-59 cohort.