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Table 3
Low income in children, comparing low-income cutoffs after tax, with market income or income after tax

  Rate Number of children Difference
Market income Income after tax
and transfers
Market income Income after tax
and transfers
Market income Income after tax
and transfers
% '000 %
1994 25.1 16.8 1,753 1,174 63.5 29.6
1995 25.0 16.7 1,753 1,171 63.9 30.3
1996 28.0 18.7 1,968 1,319 61.4 29.3
1997 26.6 17.9 1,871 1,260 61.4 29.8
1998 24.8 15.6 1,737 1,093 60.3 29.2
1999 22.9 14.6 1,596 1,015 58.4 28.4
2000 21.5 13.9 1,491 967 57.0 27.0
2001 21.5 12.2 1,484 844 55.8 28.3
2002 22.1 12.3 1,519 849 53.6 28.2
2003 21.7 12.7 1,480 867 54.8 28.1
2004 21.5 12.9 1,456 872 53.9 27.7
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.