Consequently, we are unable to assess whether EPWP is reaching poor households. Instead, we look at whether EPWP is reaching the less educated as a weak proxy for socio-economic status. This runs counter to the stated objective a strategic EPWP document which identifies unskilled unemployed individuals who lack secondary education as the target group for temporary work and skills training (DPW EPWP Unit, 2006, cited in Hemson, 2007). Under these conditions the income received per work opportunity has declined. Figure 3.2 show's that the total w'age earned per “work opportunity” between 2004/05 and 2006/07 declined by 43% in real terms. In summary, then, the current EPWP transfers fairly modest amounts of income into a relatively small number of households.