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Table 4 Earnings distributions, single parents

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	%
	1980	1990	2000	2005
Single fathers	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Less than 2/3 of the median	25.8	28.3	28.6	29.6
Between 2/3 and 4/3 of the median	48.3	43.0	39.9	38.9
Above 4/3 of the median	26.0	28.7	31.5	31.5
Single mothers	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Less than 2/3 of the median	34.8	36.1	34.0	34.5
Between 2/3 and 4/3 of the median	29.7	28.9	28.1	29.9
Above 4/3 of the median	35.6	35.0	37.9	35.6
Note: Excludes single parents who did not work in the reference year. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 1981 to 2006.