Table 3
Percentage of persons in low income (1992 base after-tax income low income cut-offs)

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Percentage of persons in low income (1992 base after-tax income low income cut-offs)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  %
All persons 12.5 11.2 11.6 11.6 11.4 10.8 10.3 9.1 9.3 9.5 9.0
Under 18 years old in economic families 13.8 12.1 12.3 12.5 12.9 11.6 11.0 9.4 8.9 9.4 8.1
In two-parent families 9.5 8.3 7.4 7.9 8.4 7.8 7.5 6.5 6.4 7.3 5.7
In female lone-parent families 40.1 37.4 43.0 41.4 40.4 32.9 31.2 26.7 23.3 21.5 21.8
18 to 64 years old 12.9 11.7 12.0 12.2 11.9 11.4 11.1 9.9 10.1 10.4 10.1
65 and over 7.6 6.7 7.6 6.8 5.6 6.2 5.3 4.8 5.8 5.1 5.3