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Table 6
Median shelter cost-to-income ratio, shelter cost and income by selected characteristics, 2002

  STIR Shelter cost Household income1
Visible minority status % $ $
Yes 21.1 12,111 61,949
No 15.9 8,728 62,898
Years since immigration
0 to 9 25.6 12,756 49,300
10 to 19 20.8 12,800 64,522
20 to 29 17.7 11,537 73,813
30 to 39 14.4 7,975 73,143
40 and more 14.1 6,316 49,245
Canadian born 16.0 8,852 63,435
Aboriginal status
Yes 19.0 8,286 50,365
No 16.4 9,088 63,206
Disability status
Yes 17.1 7,425 51,274
No 16.2 10,116 69,999
Education
Some high school 16.9 6,801 45,691
High school diploma 16.6 8,807 59,200
Postsecondary without certificate 17.2 9,706 65,597
Postsecondary with certificate 16.3 9,455 65,431
Bachelor's degree 14.7 11,231 85,584
Postgraduate degree 13.5 12,115 97,039
Unknown 18.3 10,053 61,497
1. Not adjusted for family size.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.