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Table 9-2
Gini coefficients of market income, total income and after-tax income by selected family types, Canada — Total income

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Total income
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total income  
Economic families, two persons or more 0.367 0.361 0.370 0.368 0.369 0.365 0.370 0.364 0.362 0.364
Elderly families 0.319 0.315 0.316 0.306 0.316 0.313 0.315 0.329 0.324 0.339
Married couples 0.309 0.310 0.299 0.297 0.298 0.302 0.311 0.322 0.315 0.335
Other families 0.346 0.325 0.362 0.331 0.372 0.347 0.329 0.345 0.343 0.347
Non-elderly families 0.362 0.357 0.366 0.365 0.366 0.361 0.366 0.359 0.357 0.358
Married couples 0.383 0.366 0.361 0.382 0.374 0.356 0.350 0.356 0.354 0.362
No earners 0.377 0.415 0.412 0.432 0.401 0.387 0.405 0.412 0.397 0.371
One earner 0.365 0.364 0.369 0.390 0.350 0.357 0.359 0.351 0.336 0.362
Two earners 0.353 0.331 0.328 0.354 0.351 0.327 0.320 0.328 0.333 0.340
Two-parent families with children 0.315 0.320 0.333 0.330 0.329 0.330 0.345 0.323 0.326 0.325
No earners 0.282 0.285 0.295 E 0.308 0.327 0.267 0.266 0.372 0.251 E 0.328 E
One earner 0.391 0.378 0.396 0.401 0.407 0.407 0.411 0.361 0.378 0.365
Two earners 0.282 0.294 0.304 0.299 0.306 0.301 0.315 0.302 0.301 0.304
Three or more earners 0.249 0.253 0.273 0.278 0.262 0.287 0.314 0.266 0.282 0.286
Married couples with other relatives 0.296 0.284 0.328 0.312 0.317 0.308 0.310 0.327 0.328 0.314
Lone-parent families 0.359 0.352 0.356 0.357 0.354 0.369 0.352 0.388 0.369 0.370
Male 0.362 0.364 0.353 0.346 0.342 0.396 0.366 0.405 0.374 0.368
Female 0.338 0.329 0.337 0.347 0.336 0.338 0.331 0.365 0.348 0.357
No earners 0.246 0.250 E 0.206 0.216 0.187 0.187 0.209 0.200 0.257 E 0.219
One earner 0.295 0.283 0.288 0.296 0.299 0.298 0.304 0.363 0.335 0.340
Two or more earners 0.242 0.234 0.276 0.293 0.282 0.286 0.282 0.252 0.254 0.257
Other non-elderly families 0.383 0.359 0.360 0.341 0.356 0.343 0.347 0.327 0.321 0.318
Unattached individuals 0.420 0.442 0.428 0.424 0.418 0.431 0.429 0.436 0.441 0.435
Elderly males 0.370 0.337 0.323 0.346 0.317 0.348 0.320 0.339 0.335 0.368
Non-earner 0.323 0.314 0.303 0.335 0.287 0.300 0.300 0.287 0.291 0.328
Earner 0.443 0.404 0.352 0.345 0.357 0.408 0.350 0.388 0.363 0.385
Elderly females 0.277 0.276 0.286 0.293 0.304 0.293 0.303 0.301 0.320 0.297
Non-earner 0.261 0.265 0.276 0.277 0.298 0.288 0.295 0.290 0.313 0.287
Earner 0.354 E 0.311 0.319 0.353 E 0.321 0.278 0.284 0.294 0.323 0.285
Non-elderly males 0.441 0.449 0.434 0.433 0.423 0.448 0.444 0.465 0.472 0.459
Non-earner 0.408 0.464 0.411 0.445 0.474 0.466 0.458 0.491 0.505 0.523
Earner 0.387 0.402 0.389 0.392 0.375 0.405 0.404 0.423 0.439 0.421
Non-elderly females 0.446 0.503 0.474 0.458 0.460 0.460 0.467 0.440 0.441 0.451
Non-earner 0.407 0.448 0.456 0.447 0.448 0.445 0.449 0.453 0.433 0.440
Earner 0.392 0.458 0.426 0.413 0.412 0.422 0.430 0.409 0.407 0.415
Date Modified: 2009-06-03

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