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Table 11-6
Persons in low income after tax (92 LICOs base), showing prevalence and estimated number — Quebec

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Quebec: Part 1
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  prevalence of low income (%)
All persons 16.9 14.8 14.8 13.8 12.3 12.3 11.5 11.8 11.6 10.7
Under 18 years 18.7 14.9 16.1 14.6 11.3 10.9 11.1 9.7 9.9 9.5 E
18 to 64 years 16.6 15.1 14.9 14.1 12.6 13.2 12.0 12.7 12.6 11.6
65 years and over 15.4 13.0 12.1 10.6 11.8 10.3 9.3 10.5 9.5 8.7
Males 15.9 13.5 13.0 11.9 10.3 11.2 10.9 10.9 11.0 10.4
Under 18 years 19.0 15.7 15.8 14.3 12.2 11.1 11.5 9.8 10.4 E 11.3 E
18 to 64 years 15.7 13.9 13.3 12.1 10.3 12.4 11.9 12.3 12.0 11.0
65 years and over 10.3 E 6.5 E 5.8 E 5.6 E 6.6 E 4.2 E 4.0 E 4.9 E 6.4 E 5.8 E
Females 18.0 16.1 16.5 15.6 14.2 13.5 12.0 12.7 12.2 11.1
Under 18 years 18.5 14.2 16.4 14.9 10.4 10.8 10.6 9.6 E 9.2 E 7.6 E
18 to 64 years 17.5 16.3 16.5 16.1 15.0 14.0 12.2 13.1 13.2 12.1
65 years and over 19.2 17.8 16.8 14.3 15.7 14.9 13.3 14.8 11.9 10.9
Economic family persons 12.6 10.5 10.6 9.7 8.6 8.6 7.5 7.0 7.1 6.3
Males 11.6 9.6 9.6 8.6 7.7 7.9 6.9 6.4 6.7 6.3
Females 13.5 11.3 11.6 10.7 9.5 9.2 8.0 7.6 7.6 6.4
Elderly persons 5.7 E 3.0 E 2.7 E 2.0 E 3.5 E 2.2 E 2.1 E 1.5 E 1.6 E 1.7 E
Elderly males 5.7 E 3.0 E 2.8 E 1.6 E 3.7 E 1.4 E 1.8 E 1.0 E 1.9 E 1.9 E
Elderly females 5.7 E 3.0 E 2.5 E 2.3 E 3.2 E 3.1 E 2.4 E 2.0 E 1.3 E 1.5 E
Persons under 18 years of age 18.6 14.9 16.1 14.6 11.3 10.9 11.1 9.6 9.8 9.3 E
In two-parent families 12.9 9.2 10.2 10.0 5.9 E 6.7 7.1 E 6.1 E 6.3 E 7.2 E
In female lone-parent families 45.7 44.5 44.9 38.8 40.9 33.9 31.0 28.0 28.5 E 20.4 E
In all other economic families 1 35.1 E 27.7 E 18.6 E 11.6 E 10.1 E 14.4 E 18.8 E 14.4 E 12.8 E 13.0 E
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 11.2 9.8 9.6 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.0 7.0 7.1 6.0
Males 9.4 8.1 8.0 7.5 6.4 7.7 5.8 6.2 6.0 5.2
Females 12.9 11.5 11.1 10.4 10.2 9.6 8.1 7.8 8.1 6.8
Unattached individuals 41.9 39.1 37.8 35.6 31.3 31.5 31.2 35.1 33.1 31.2
Males 41.0 35.6 32.3 29.3 24.7 28.2 30.6 32.8 32.3 30.2
Females 42.8 42.4 42.9 41.7 37.4 34.7 31.8 37.3 33.8 32.1
Elderly persons 35.6 35.6 33.0 29.5 28.5 26.8 24.1 29.0 25.1 21.8
Elderly males 29.4 E 24.5 E 19.3 E 21.4 E 17.4 E 15.3 E 12.5 E 20.6 E 23.2 E 19.4 E
Elderly females 37.7 38.8 37.5 32.6 32.7 31.0 28.4 32.1 25.9 22.8
Persons under 65 years of age 44.1 40.2 39.3 37.6 32.3 33.1 33.7 37.1 35.8 34.6
Males, under 65 years 42.8 37.0 34.1 30.6 25.9 30.2 33.6 34.7 33.9 32.2
Females, under 65 years 45.8 44.5 45.9 46.5 40.0 36.7 33.8 40.2 38.3 37.6
Quebec: Part 2
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  Estimated number ('000)
All persons 1,212 1,064 1,067 1,000 894 907 849 880 874 812
Under 18 years 301 237 252 226 174 167 168 147 149 142 E
18 to 64 years 781 716 710 679 613 644 593 630 629 579
65 years and over 130 111 106 94 107 96 88 103 96 90
Males 563 479 461 424 372 408 402 403 409 388
Under 18 years 157 125 122 110 96 87 91 77 80 E 86 E
18 to 64 years 369 329 317 293 250 304 294 306 301 276
65 years and over 36 E 24 E 22 E 21 E 26 E F F 21 E 28 E 26 E
Females 650 586 607 576 522 499 447 477 465 423
Under 18 years 144 111 130 117 78 80 77 E 71 E 69 E 56 E
18 to 64 years 412 387 393 386 363 340 299 324 328 303
65 years and over 93 88 84 73 82 79 72 82 68 64
Economic family persons 767 639 645 591 525 526 462 433 441 395
Males 351 288 287 259 233 241 212 198 206 195
Females 415 350 358 332 292 285 249 236 236 200
Elderly persons 32 E 18 E F F 21 E F F F F F
Elderly males F F F F F F F F F F
Elderly females F F F F F F F F F F
Persons under 18 years of age 299 236 251 226 173 166 168 145 147 140 E
In two-parent families 168 118 125 123 E 71 E 82 E 87 E 73 E 77 E 86 E
In female lone-parent families 106 E 98 111 92 E 92 72 65 E 59 E 59 E 42 E
In all other economic families 1 25 E 20 E F F 9 E F 17 E 13 E F F
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 433 381 371 350 327 340 274 277 280 240
Males 177 152 153 143 123 147 110 119 116 102
Females 257 228 219 207 203 193 164 158 163 138
Unattached individuals 446 426 423 409 369 381 388 447 432 417
Males 212 190 174 165 139 167 190 206 203 193
Females 234 236 248 244 230 214 198 241 229 224
Elderly persons 98 94 90 82 86 82 75 93 85 79
Elderly males 20 E 15 E F 16 E F F F F F F
Elderly females 78 79 77 66 72 69 64 76 63 59
Persons under 65 years of age 348 332 333 327 283 299 313 354 347 338
Males, under 65 years 191 176 161 149 124 154 179 188 182 174
Females, under 65 years 157 157 172 178 158 145 134 166 166 165
Includes persons under 18 years of age in elderly families.