Table 9
Average lifetime labour income per capita

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Average lifetime labour income per capita
  1970 1980 1990 2000 2007
  thousand of dollars
All individuals 100.4 249.1 469.4 526.3 661.0
Gender  
Male 155.0 356.5 612.9 661.8 803.2
Female 47.4 142.8 327.7 391.7 519.6
Educational attainment  
Primary education 51.6 86.6 142.1 153.7 220.1
Secondary education 108.5 241.3 405.5 468.5 585.2
Post-secondary education 141.1 335.6 592.0 584.2 691.0
Bachelor's degree 194.7 405.4 722.4 713.0 848.7
Master's degree or above 256.2 472.2 832.4 743.5 874.7
Age group  
Young, 15 to 34 years 152.7 365.6 712.4 846.3 1,074.7
Prime age, 35 to 54 years 70.3 198.7 416.1 484.3 634.3
Older, 55 to 74 years 14.2 28.5 46.1 61.0 105.2