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Table 18.8 People with low income after tax, by sex and age group, and by economic family type, 1995 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 18.8 people with low income after tax 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, calculated using % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  %
Both sexes 14.5 15.2 15.0 13.7 13.0 12.5 11.2 11.6 11.6 11.4 10.8 10.5 9.2 9.4 9.6
0 to 17 years 17.5 18.4 17.4 15.7 14.6 13.9 12.2 12.4 12.7 13.0 11.7 11.4 9.6 9.1 9.5
18 to 64 years 14.4 15.0 15.2 13.9 13.4 12.9 11.7 12.0 12.2 11.9 11.4 11.2 9.9 10.2 10.5
65 and older 8.7 9.7 9.0 8.6 7.9 7.6 6.7 7.6 6.8 5.6 6.2 5.4 4.9 5.8 5.2
Males 13.6 14.2 14.2 12.9 12.4 11.4 10.3 10.7 11.0 10.8 10.5 10.2 9.0 9.0 9.5
0 to 17 years 17.2 18.5 17.8 16.2 14.9 13.5 12.1 12.8 13.1 13.2 12.3 11.4 9.9 9.3 9.8
18 to 64 years 13.7 13.9 14.2 12.8 12.7 11.7 10.6 10.9 11.4 11.3 11.1 10.9 9.7 9.8 10.6
65 and older 4.0 5.1 5.5 5.4 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.4
Females 15.4 16.2 15.8 14.5 13.6 13.6 12.1 12.4 12.2 11.9 11.1 10.9 9.4 9.9 9.6
0 to 17 years 17.8 18.3 17.0 15.1 14.3 14.4 12.3 12.0 12.4 12.9 11.1 11.4 9.1 8.8 9.3
18 to 64 years 15.1 16.0 16.2 15.0 14.0 14.0 12.8 13.1 12.9 12.5 11.7 11.5 10.2 10.7 10.4
65 and older 12.3 13.2 11.7 11.1 10.4 10.0 8.3 9.7 8.7 7.3 8.4 7.0 6.1 7.6 6.7
Economic families 11.4 12.0 11.8 10.4 9.7 9.3 8.1 8.6 8.7 8.2 7.5 7.3 6.0 6.3 6.5
Males 10.7 11.1 10.9 9.6 9.2 8.4 7.4 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.1 6.9 5.7 5.9 6.2
Females 12.2 12.9 12.6 11.1 10.3 10.1 8.7 9.2 9.2 8.8 7.8 7.7 6.3 6.6 6.8
Children 0 to 17 years 17.3 18.3 17.3 15.6 14.5 13.8 12.1 12.3 12.5 12.9 11.6 11.3 9.4 9.0 9.5
Children in two-parent families 11.7 11.6 11.4 10.0 9.4 9.5 8.3 7.4 7.9 8.4 7.8 7.7 6.6 6.5 7.3
Children in female lone-parent families 50.7 56.0 51.2 46.2 41.9 40.1 37.4 43.0 41.4 40.4 32.9 31.7 26.6 23.4 21.5
Children in other economic families 24.1 23.1 21.4 22.7 24.9 14.6Note E: Use with caution 10.5Note E: Use with caution 11.2Note E: Use with caution 14.3Note E: Use with caution 14.9Note E: Use with caution 14.5 11.2Note E: Use with caution 9.4Note E: Use with caution 10.2Note E: Use with caution 11.2Note E: Use with caution
18 to 64 years 10.2 10.7 10.7 9.3 8.8 8.4 7.3 8.1 8.1 7.4 6.8 6.8 5.5 6.0 6.3
Males 8.9 9.1 9.0 7.8 7.8 7.3 6.3 6.9 7.1 6.3 5.9 6.1 4.9 5.4 5.8
Females 11.4 12.2 12.2 10.6 9.8 9.4 8.4 9.3 9.0 8.4 7.7 7.5 6.2 6.7 6.9
65 and older 1.9 2.3 2.8 3.3Note E: Use with caution 2.3Note E: Use with caution 2.1Note E: Use with caution 1.9Note E: Use with caution 2.4 2.2 1.7Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 1.4Note E: Use with caution 1.1Note E: Use with caution 1.6Note E: Use with caution 1.5Note E: Use with caution
Males 1.8 2.0 2.9 2.7Note E: Use with caution 2.1Note E: Use with caution 1.7Note E: Use with caution 1.9Note E: Use with caution 2.3Note E: Use with caution 2.0Note E: Use with caution 1.7Note E: Use with caution 1.2Note E: Use with caution 1.1Note E: Use with caution 1.2Note E: Use with caution 1.5Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution
Females 1.9 2.6 2.8 3.9Note E: Use with caution 2.4Note E: Use with caution 2.5Note E: Use with caution 1.9Note E: Use with caution 2.4Note E: Use with caution 2.3Note E: Use with caution 1.6Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 1.7Note E: Use with caution 1.1Note E: Use with caution 1.8Note E: Use with caution 1.6Note E: Use with caution
Unattached individuals 35.0 36.1 36.2 35.2 34.1 32.9 30.8 29.5 29.7 30.1 30.5 29.2 27.5 27.2 26.7
Males 34.1 34.7 35.6 33.8 33.0 30.0 28.4 27.1 28.4 29.2 30.0 28.9 27.5 25.4 27.4
Females 35.9 37.6 36.9 36.5 35.2 35.7 33.3 32.0 30.9 31.0 31.0 29.4 27.5 29.0 25.9
0 to 64 years 39.1 40.4 41.6 40.4 38.8 37.3 35.3 33.2 33.9 35.0 34.4 33.7 32.0 31.3 31.1
Males 37.3 37.7 38.7 36.5 35.5 32.1 30.3 29.0 30.7 32.0 32.5 31.3 29.8 27.9 30.1
Females 41.7 44.2 45.6 45.8 43.6 44.3 42.2 39.0 38.1 39.3 37.0 36.9 35.0 36.3 32.5
65 and older 24.1 25.4 22.4 20.9 21.1 20.6 18.1 19.4 17.7 15.4 18.5 15.4 14.1 15.6 14.3
Males 14.4 17.7 17.0 17.5 17.2 17.6 16.8 15.9 14.7 11.5 13.6 13.8 13.1 12.1Note E: Use with caution 12.0Note E: Use with caution
Females 27.3 28.1 24.3 22.1 22.5 21.7 18.6 20.7 18.9 16.9 20.3 16.0 14.5 17.1 15.2
E use with caution
Notes: Prevalence of low income shows the proportion of people living below the low income cut-offs within a given group. After-tax low income cut-offs (1992 base) were determined from an analysis of the 1992 Family Expenditure Survey data. Families with incomes below these limits usually spend 63.6% or more of their income on food, shelter and clothing.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 202-0802.
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