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

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British Columbia: Part 1
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  prevalence of low income (%)
All persons 14.6 16.4 15.1 14.1 16.0 15.4 14.1 13.0 13.0 11.1
Under 18 years 13.9 17.7 14.2 14.2 18.5 19.2 18.0 15.3 16.5 13.0 E
18 to 64 years 16.2 17.1 16.5 15.1 16.0 15.2 14.1 13.3 13.4 11.7
65 years and over 8.0 E 10.5 E 9.6 E 9.1 E 11.7 10.4 8.0 7.8 5.6 E 5.6 E
Males 13.8 16.2 14.3 13.5 15.8 15.0 13.5 12.6 12.7 11.5
Under 18 years 16.2 E 19.0 14.6 14.7 20.1 20.6 18.2 17.6 16.9 14.1 E
18 to 64 years 14.4 16.5 15.2 14.0 15.4 14.3 13.3 12.6 13.3 12.3
65 years and over 4.9 E 7.9 E 8.7 E 8.4 E 9.8 E 8.9 E 6.4 E 3.7 E 2.8 E 3.2 E
Females 15.5 16.7 15.9 14.7 16.2 15.8 14.7 13.3 13.2 10.6
Under 18 years 11.4 E 16.3 13.8 13.6 16.8 17.7 17.8 12.8 E 16.1 E 11.7 E
18 to 64 years 18.0 17.7 17.8 16.2 16.6 16.1 14.9 13.9 13.5 11.0
65 years and over 10.6 E 12.7 E 10.3 E 9.6 E 13.4 11.7 9.3 11.3 8.0 E 7.6 E
Economic family persons 10.6 12.8 11.5 10.3 12.8 12.3 10.9 9.2 9.5 7.4
Males 10.2 12.7 10.9 9.7 12.7 12.1 10.3 9.1 8.8 7.2 E
Females 11.0 12.9 12.1 10.9 13.0 12.5 11.4 9.3 10.2 7.7
Elderly persons 3.4 E 4.2 E 3.1 E 3.1 E 4.6 E 4.5 E 2.7 E 1.7 E 1.1 E 1.0 E
Elderly males 2.6 E 3.4 E 2.9 E 3.0 E 5.3 E 5.1 E 3.0 E 1.7 E 0.8 E 1.0 E
Elderly females 4.3 E 5.0 E 3.3 E 3.2 E 3.8 E 3.8 E 2.4 E 1.7 E 1.4 E 1.0 E
Persons under 18 years of age 13.9 17.4 14.1 14.0 18.4 19.0 17.9 15.1 16.2 12.7 E
In two-parent families 7.9 E 12.0 10.2 E 8.6 E 10.1 E 11.1 E 11.1 E 12.8 E 10.8 E 7.0 E
In female lone-parent families 46.2 41.7 33.5 E 43.1 55.3 57.6 55.5 30.7 E 42.8 37.4 E
In all other economic families 1 10.0 E 32.7 E 27.2 E 19.5 E 21.5 E 31.7 E 21.6 E F 19.8 E 21.4 E
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 10.6 12.3 11.6 10.1 12.0 11.0 9.6 8.3 8.8 6.6 E
Males 9.0 11.7 10.4 8.8 10.8 9.7 8.5 7.0 7.5 5.8 E
Females 12.0 12.9 12.6 11.3 13.1 12.1 10.6 9.4 9.9 7.3
Unattached individuals 36.5 36.1 34.6 34.4 32.9 31.7 31.1 32.6 30.8 30.2
Males 31.7 33.0 31.4 32.3 31.2 29.3 28.8 29.3 31.4 32.9
Females 42.0 39.6 38.3 36.7 34.9 34.2 33.9 36.3 30.2 27.2
Elderly persons 18.9 E 23.9 E 23.5 E 22.2 E 25.6 24.3 20.8 23.2 17.6 16.7 E
Elderly males 15.7 E 23.7 E 27.9 E 27.8 E 25.6 E 25.0 E 20.5 E 12.3 E 11.6 E 11.8 E
Elderly females 20.1 E 23.9 E 21.4 19.5 E 25.6 24.0 20.9 27.9 20.4 E 19.0 E
Persons under 65 years of age 42.0 40.3 38.3 38.5 35.7 34.1 34.4 35.5 34.8 34.6
Males, under 65 years 33.9 34.7 32.0 33.1 32.2 30.0 30.1 31.9 34.5 36.6
Females, under 65 years 54.6 49.4 47.9 46.7 41.3 40.2 41.3 40.9 35.2 31.7
British Columbia: Part 2
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  Estimated number ('000)
All persons 569 643 596 562 642 623 577 539 546 474
Under 18 years 123 156 124 123 158 162 151 128 137 108 E
18 to 64 years 408 436 424 394 423 407 383 367 377 334
65 years and over 39 E 51 E 48 E 46 E 61 55 43 43 32 E 33 E
Males 266 315 283 268 315 301 274 261 267 246
Under 18 years 74 E 88 67 66 89 90 79 78 73 62 E
18 to 64 years 181 210 196 182 203 190 180 174 186 175
65 years and over F F F F F 22 E F F F F
Females 303 328 314 294 327 322 302 278 280 228
Under 18 years 49 E 68 57 56 69 72 72 51 E 64 E 46 E
18 to 64 years 226 226 229 212 221 216 203 194 191 158
65 years and over 28 E 34 E 28 E 27 E 38 34 27 34 25 E 24 E
Economic family persons 349 423 382 346 433 419 373 321 337 266
Males 165 207 179 160 210 202 172 157 153 127 E
Females 184 216 203 186 222 218 201 165 184 139
Elderly persons F F F F F 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 123 153 123 121 156 160 150 126 134 105 E
In two-parent families 56 E 83 72 E 59 E 67 E 73 E 75 E 83 E 70 E 44 E
In female lone-parent families 63 E 54 E 41 E 53 E 82 71 68 E 39 E 54 E 50 E
In all other economic families 1 F F F F F F F F F F
Persons 18 to 64 years of age 214 255 241 214 258 238 211 185 198 152 E
Males 86 115 103 88 109 100 87 74 80 63 E
Females 128 140 138 126 149 139 123 110 118 88
Unattached individuals 220 220 214 216 209 204 204 217 209 208
Males 101 109 104 108 105 99 102 104 113 119
Females 119 112 111 108 104 105 102 114 96 89
Elderly persons 27 E 37 E 37 E 35 E 45 38 33 36 27 E 28 E
Elderly males F F F F F F F F F F
Elderly females 21 E 26 E 22 21 E 32 27 23 E 30 22 E 22 E
Persons under 65 years of age 193 183 177 180 164 165 171 181 182 180
Males, under 65 years 95 97 89 94 91 88 92 98 108 113
Females, under 65 years 98 86 88 87 73 78 79 83 74 67
1.
Includes persons under 18 years of age in elderly families.
Date Modified: 2009-06-03

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