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Table 5
Children's family and main income recipient's characteristics and low income rate among children

  1989 2004
Children Rate of low income Children Rate of low income
'000 % '000 %
All children 6,684.80 11.7 6,784.10 12.9
  %
Family
Two parents 85.5* 7.0 80.8* 8.2
Single parent 12.2* 44.0* 16.3* 35.7*
Other family type 2.4 15.8 3.0 13.6
0 income earners 4.6 84.0* 4.0 78.8*
1 income earner 25.1 19.6* 24.5 26.1*
2 or more income earners 70.2 4.1 71.5 4.6
1 or 2 children 68.8 11.0 68.6 10.2
3 or more children 31.2 13.2* 31.4 18.7*
Main income recipient
Under age 30 13.1* 25.7 8.4* 23.9
Less than a high school diploma 27.8* 21.5 12.2* 19.6
Recent immigrant 6.7* 22.6* 9.4* 26.1*
* the estimates are statistically different between 1989 and 2004
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Consumer Finances, 1989; Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2004.