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Table 13-1
Low income after tax (92 LICOs base), by selected family types, Canada — Prevalence

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Prevalence
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  percent
Prevalence of low income  
Economic families, two persons or more 10.1 9.5 9.0 7.9 8.6 8.5 8.0 7.4 7.0 5.8
Elderly families 3.9 E 3.1 E 3.1 E 2.5 E 2.9 E 2.7 E 2.1 E 1.6 E 2.3 E 1.5 E
Married couples 1.7 E 1.4 E 1.2 E 1.6 E 1.9 E 1.7 E 1.3 E 1.0 E 1.2 E 0.9 E
Other families 11.4 E 9.0 E 10.1 E 5.9 E 6.9 E 6.4 E 5.4 E 4.1 E 6.1 E 3.6 E
Non-elderly families 11.2 10.6 10.0 8.8 9.5 9.5 9.0 8.4 7.9 6.6
Married couples 6.7 8.0 6.9 6.4 7.1 6.6 6.4 6.4 5.7 4.7
Married couples, no earners 29.6 36.3 33.6 30.8 30.2 29.3 36.6 32.4 28.4 25.5 E
Married couples, one earner 7.7 E 9.4 10.2 9.2 10.2 10.0 9.0 7.2 7.2 E 6.3 E
Married couples, two earners 2.7 2.7 2.2 E 2.2 3.0 2.9 2.2 3.0 E 2.8 E 2.3
Two-parent families with children 8.6 8.2 8.3 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.7 6.6 5.1
Two-parent families with children, no earners 78.3 78.3 83.9 74.4 73.3 82.0 79.5 83.9 82.0 68.2
Two-parent families with children, one earner 19.7 20.6 22.3 20.4 16.2 16.7 18.6 16.2 19.7 18.9
Two-parent families with children, two earners 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.1 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 2.3 E
Two-parent families with children, three or more earners 1.5 E 2.1 E 1.2 E 0.9 E 1.5 E 2.9 E 2.6 E 1.7 E 1.2 E 0.8 E
Married couples with other relatives 4.0 E 3.2 E 4.3 E 4.6 E 4.8 E 5.0 E 3.6 E 2.2 E 2.4 E 1.5 E
Lone-parent families 39.0 36.1 32.3 30.1 34.2 34.2 32.1 25.9 24.3 21.3
Male 16.8 18.1 E 12.3 E 12.3 E 12.2 E 12.8 E 14.4 E 11.6 E 7.2 E 10.8 E
Female 42.9 39.4 36.3 33.8 39.4 39.0 36.0 29.1 28.2 23.6
Female lone-parent families, no earners 84.5 86.8 88.3 88.0 84.4 86.3 78.2 82.1 80.8 75.1
Female lone-parent families, one earner 32.1 27.1 26.9 24.1 31.6 32.1 30.4 22.1 20.4 16.7
Female lone-parent families, two or more earners 6.9 E 8.9 E 9.6 E 6.2 E 13.7 E 15.2 E 16.2 E 10.5 E 10.8 E 5.7 E
Other non-elderly families 14.2 12.0 10.8 8.8 10.8 11.9 10.5 11.2 10.6 9.9
Unattached individuals 35.2 34.1 32.9 30.8 29.5 29.7 30.1 30.4 29.2 27.4
Elderly males 17.5 17.2 17.6 16.8 15.9 14.7 11.5 13.6 14.0 13.0
Non-earner 19.3 19.0 19.7 19.3 16.6 16.2 12.6 16.2 16.9 15.7 E
Earner 6.0 E 5.2 E 6.3 E 2.0 E 13.1 E 9.6 E 7.1 E 3.4 E 3.1 E 3.6 E
Elderly females 22.1 22.5 21.7 18.6 20.7 18.9 16.9 20.3 16.1 14.3
Non-earner 23.1 23.5 22.7 19.6 21.1 20.1 18.2 21.8 17.3 15.7
Earner 7.3 E 7.0 E 6.7 E 5.0 E 15.6 E 8.9 E 5.7 E 6.5 E 5.0 E 3.6 E
Non-elderly males 36.5 35.5 32.1 30.3 29.0 30.7 32.0 32.3 31.2 29.7
Non-earner 85.4 84.8 86.9 82.6 80.1 78.1 80.1 78.6 76.7 75.5
Earner 23.6 25.3 21.9 20.3 18.5 20.7 22.7 22.2 23.4 21.1
Non-elderly females 45.8 43.6 44.3 42.2 39.0 38.1 39.3 37.1 37.1 35.1
Non-earner 81.6 80.7 81.8 78.5 79.4 74.9 75.1 70.5 72.9 73.4
Earner 31.4 30.1 31.7 30.1 26.6 27.4 28.5 28.2 27.8 24.9
Date Modified: 2009-06-03

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