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Source of disposable income by median age of generation, inflation-adjusted (2019) average dollars per household

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Pre-1946 (age 68) Baby boom (age 63) Baby boom (age 47) Generation X (age 47) Generation X (age 31) Millennials (age 31) -100,000 -50,000 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 2019 dollars Wages and salariesWages and salaries Self employmentSelf employment InvestmentInvestment Transfers receivedTransfers received Less: Transfers paidLess: Transfers paid
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Special tabulation based on data from Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, and table 18-10-0005-01.

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Source of disposable income by median age of generation, inflation-adjusted (2019) average dollars per household, 2019 dollars
  Wages and salaries Self employment Investment Transfers received Less: Transfers paid
Pre-1946 (age 68) 62,615 12,083 9,313 15,993 -32,517
Baby boom (age 63) 58,340 14,213 14,300 29,602 -35,180
Baby boom (age 47) 94,106 15,618 7,894 9,751 -42,458
Generation X (age 47) 118,608 16,832 7,630 13,366 -53,971
Generation X (age 31) 76,139 10,332 2,359 9,448 -29,588
Millennials (age 31) 90,047 10,968 2,960 12,384 -36,170
Source(s):
Special tabulation based on data from Statistics Canada, Distributions of Household Economic Accounts, and table 18-10-0005-01.
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