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Table 5
Children's family and main income recipient's characteristics and low income rate among children
1989 | 2004 | |||
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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. |
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