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Chart 18.1  Low income rates, by family type

Chart 18.1 (data) Low income rates, by family type
  1996 2005
  %
Economic families, two people or more 12.1 7.4
Senior families 3.3 1.6
Non-senior couples without children 8.4 6.4
Two-parent families with children 10.9 6.7
Female lone-parent families 52.7 29.1
Single people 37.3 30.4