Table 5.3
Multiple spells of low income across groups of people
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| Low income in one year or more | Low income in four years or more | Low income in six years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICO | LIM | MBM | LICO | LIM | MBM | LICO | LIM | MBM | |
| Overall | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 24.5 | 23.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 8.6 | 7.4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 3.6 | 2.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 25.4 | 25 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 8 | 7.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 3.4 | 2.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 20 | 22.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 5.5 | 7.2 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 2.5 | 2.9 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 20 | 23.6 | 19.5 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 |
| Children | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 27.7 | 27.7 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 10.6 | 11 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 4.7 | 4.4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 28.9 | 30.2 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 10.3 | 11.7 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 3.9 | 4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 22.3 | 26.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 6.5 | 9.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 2.5 | 4.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 21.8 | 25.9 | 21.4 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 1.7 |
| Seniors | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 15.7 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 6.2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 3.5 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 13.8 | 14 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 6 | 3.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 4 | 1.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 11.8 | 16.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 3.6 | 5.2 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 1.9 | 1.7 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 12.2 | 18.3 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 6.6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2.8 | 3.5 | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Lone parents | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 58.6 | 62.2 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 42.8 | 39.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 20.9 | 21.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 61 | 60.2 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 30.4 | 40.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 16 | 18 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 47.2 | 53.9 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 24.2 | 30 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 10.3 | 16.7 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 48.3 | 57.4 | 53 | 16.4 | 31.8 | 20.3 | 6 | 17.2 | 8.3 |
| Unattached non-elderly | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 60.8 | 51.4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 43.8 | 36.4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 33.8 | 24 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 49.6 | 44.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 37.6 | 31.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 29.2 | 20.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 48.7 | 45.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 29.4 | 27.9 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 21 | 17.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 45.6 | 42.4 | 40.6 | 24.3 | 26 | 22.3 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 13 |
| Recent immigrants | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 48.9 | 36.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 26.6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 49.9 | 44 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 19 | 12.2 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 32.5 | 29.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 11.9 | 12.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 41.9 | 42 | 37.2 | 10.5 | 12.3 | 9.7 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
| Off-reserve Aboriginal people | |||||||||
| 1993 to 1998 | 34.6 | 35.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 14.7 | 13.9 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 6.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1996 to 2001 | 44 | 47.7 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 13.2 | 18.1 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 6.4 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 1999 to 2004 | 27.4 | 33.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 8.7 | 12.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 3.8 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 29.2 | 36.3 | 29.4 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 8 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| People with activity limitations | |||||||||
| 1999 to 2004 | 31.1 | 35.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 16.2 | 19.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | 9 | 10.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
| 2002 to 2007 | 29.5 | 36.8 | 29.1 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 5.4 |
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Notes: F indicates the statistics are too unreliable to be published. .. means statistics under MBM were unavailable. LICO, low-income cut-off; LIM, low-income measure; and MBM, market basket measure. Source: Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (1993 to 2007), Statistics Canada. |
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