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Table 13-3
Low income after tax (92 LICOs base), by selected family types, Canada — Average income gap

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Average income gap
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  dollars
Average income gap  
Economic families, two persons or more 8,300 8,000 7,900 7,800 7,900 7,600 7,700 8,200 7,100 7,200
Elderly families 5,900 4,000 E 5,800 5,100 5,500 5,400 4,400 E 5,800 E 6,600 E 6,900 E
Married couples 7,500 E 2,700 E 7,100 E 5,900 E 5,800 E 6,900 E 5,600 E 5,100 E F F
Other families 5,000 E 4,600 E 5,300 E 4,300 E 5,300 E 3,900 3,400 E F F F
Non-elderly families 8,400 8,200 8,000 8,000 8,000 7,700 7,900 8,300 7,200 7,200
Married couples 7,600 8,300 7,900 6,900 7,200 7,500 6,700 7,400 6,100 6,200
Married couples, no earners 8,900 8,900 9,000 8,200 8,900 6,800 7,000 7,900 7,000 6,100
Married couples, one earner 6,300 8,700 7,300 6,600 6,900 7,800 6,200 8,000 6,700 7,100
Married couples, two earners 7,100 6,500 6,900 5,100 5,400 7,800 6,900 6,200 E 4,700 E 5,500
Two-parent families with children 8,900 8,900 8,900 9,500 9,300 8,700 9,100 9,500 7,500 7,600
Two-parent families with children, no earners 12,800 11,900 11,400 12,000 11,900 11,100 10,900 13,100 8,400 10,800 E
Two-parent families with children, one earner 8,500 8,000 9,000 9,100 10,100 8,400 9,600 8,600 7,300 6,200
Two-parent families with children, two earners 5,800 8,200 7,200 7,900 6,700 7,200 7,900 8,500 7,600 7,800
Two-parent families with children, three or more earners F F F F F 10,400 E 7,700 F F F
Married couples with other relatives 12,000 E 9,600 9,200 E 10,500 10,800 7,800 11,700 E 12,200 E 11,900 E 8,100 E
Lone-parent families 7,600 7,000 6,600 6,700 6,900 6,900 6,800 7,200 6,700 7,600
Male 8,100 10,300 E 6,500 E 7,100 7,400 8,000 E 8,000 E 8,900 E 6,900 E 8,600
Female 7,600 6,800 6,600 6,600 6,800 6,800 6,700 7,000 6,600 7,500
Female lone-parent families, no earners 9,000 7,400 7,500 7,200 8,100 7,900 7,700 7,700 6,800 8,100
Female lone-parent families, one earner 6,100 6,000 5,600 6,000 5,800 6,200 6,100 6,500 6,400 7,300
Female lone-parent families, two or more earners F F F F 5,500 F F F F F
Other non-elderly families 8,800 8,600 8,700 7,500 E 8,100 7,600 8,000 8,400 7,500 6,900
Unattached individuals 6,500 6,700 6,600 6,500 6,300 6,500 6,500 6,400 6,600 6,500
Elderly males 3,700 2,900 3,500 3,800 E 2,500 2,900 3,600 E 3,000 E 2,700 E 2,300
Non-earner 3,500 2,700 3,400 3,900 E 2,700 3,000 3,200 E 2,700 2,500 2,300
Earner F F F F F F F F F F
Elderly females 2,400 2,600 2,500 2,600 2,300 2,500 2,200 2,300 2,100 2,400
Non-earner 2,300 2,600 2,500 2,600 2,300 2,300 2,200 2,300 2,100 2,300
Earner F F F F F F F F F F
Non-elderly males 7,200 7,400 7,200 7,100 7,000 7,200 7,000 7,300 7,600 7,400
Non-earner 8,000 8,700 7,800 7,400 8,300 8,000 7,700 8,500 8,600 8,500
Earner 6,400 6,600 6,600 6,900 5,800 6,600 6,500 6,400 7,100 6,700
Non-elderly females 7,300 7,600 7,500 7,000 7,200 7,100 7,200 6,900 6,900 6,900
Non-earner 7,900 8,500 8,600 7,800 7,800 7,600 7,700 7,600 7,600 7,600
Earner 6,600 6,800 6,500 6,400 6,600 6,800 6,800 6,500 6,400 6,300