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Table 2 Earnings instability by employment income
1984-1989
1994-1999
1999-2004
Bottom
Top
 
Bottom
Top
 
Bottom
Top
third
third
Ratio
  
third
third
Ratio
  
third
third
Ratio
Two-parent families
Husband aged
25 to 29 0.25 0.12 2.08   0.28 0.13 2.15   0.28 0.14 2 **
30 to 34 0.23 0.11 2.09   0.25 0.11 2.27   0.25 0.13 1.92 **
35 to 39 0.22 0.11 2   0.23 0.11 2.09   0.22 0.12 1.83 **
40 to 44 0.22 0.11 2   0.23 0.1 2.3   0.21 0.11 1.91 **
45 to 49 0.24 0.13 1.85   0.25 0.11 2.27   0.23 0.12 1.92 **
 
Lone parents
Men
25 to 29 0.42 0.11 3.82   0.55 0.11 5   0.33 0.08 4.13 **
30 to 34 0.34 0.11 3.09   0.4 0.12 3.33   0.47 0.13 3.62 **
35 to 39 0.37 0.09 4.11   0.31 0.1 3.1   0.36 0.11 3.27 **
40 to 44 0.31 0.11 2.82   0.3 0.09 3.33   0.3 0.12 2.5 **
45 to 49 0.31 0.13 2.38   0.3 0.11 2.73   0.28 0.12 2.33 **
 
Women
25 to 29 0.5 0.13 3.85   0.52 0.17 3.06   0.58 0.21 2.76 **
30 to 34 0.46 0.11 4.18   0.48 0.13 3.69   0.51 0.14 3.64 **
35 to 39 0.41 0.12 3.42   0.43 0.1 4.3   0.43 0.12 3.58 **
40 to 44 0.35 0.13 2.69   0.37 0.1 3.7   0.38 0.11 3.45 **
45 to 49 0.32 0.16 2   0.31 0.11 2.82   0.35 0.12 2.92 **
 
Unattached
Men
25 to 29 0.43 0.12 3.58   0.41 0.14 2.93   0.37 0.15 2.47 **
30 to 34 0.4 0.09 4.44   0.36 0.1 3.6   0.34 0.12 2.83 **
35 to 39 0.34 0.09 3.78   0.33 0.09 3.67   0.3 0.11 2.73 **
40 to 44 0.33 0.08 4.13   0.32 0.09 3.56   0.28 0.1 2.8 **
45 to 49 0.33 0.08 4.13   0.34 0.1 3.4   0.29 0.11 2.64 **
 
Women
25 to 29 0.36 0.1 3.6   0.35 0.12 2.92   0.32 0.12 2.67 **
30 to 34 0.3 0.08 3.75   0.29 0.09 3.22   0.3 0.1 3 **
35 to 39 0.28 0.07 4   0.29 0.08 3.63   0.29 0.09 3.22 **
40 to 44 0.27 0.07 3.86   0.29 0.07 4.14   0.28 0.09 3.11 **
45 to 49 0.29 0.06 4.83   0.31 0.08 3.88   0.3 0.08 3.75 **
** The bottom to top differences in 1999-2004 are positive and significant at the 1% level.
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank