Table 1 Profile of individuals age 25 to 64 by employment and income group

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	Employed low-income	Not-employed low-income	Employed non-low-income	Not-employed non-low-income
Population	1,632	1,187	13,999	1,434
	%
Sample	9	7	77	8
Female	58	57	48^*	51^*
	years
Mean age	42.3	47.7^*	43.4^*	53.2^*
Age distribution	%
25 to 34	28	19^*	25^*	11^*
35 to 44	31	18^*	28^*	9^*
45 to 54	26	27^*	30^*	17^*
55 to 64	15	36^*	17^*	63^*
	number
Household size	3.6	2.6^*	3.0^*	2.3^*
Number of children	1.4	0.7^*	1.0^*	0.3^*
Family composition	%
Unattached individuals	21	45^*	16^*	34^*
Couples without children	17	19^*	30^*	45^*
Couples with children	47	20^*	50^*	14^*
Lone parent	15	17^*	4^*	6^*
Highest education level
Less than high school diploma	23	35^*	7^*	18^*
High school diploma or equivalent	26	23^*	19^*	24^*
Some college, trade, vocational or technical school, Collège d'Enseignement Général et Professionnel (CEGEP), or university	10	9^*	10	12^*
College, trade, vocational or technical school, CEGEP, certificate or diploma	24	18^*	29^*	23^*
University undergraduate degree	11	9^*	23^*	15^*
University graduate degree	7	F	13^*	9^*
	$
Median household income	25,000	15,000^*	90,000^*	55,000^*
Median adjusted household income	15,000	11,000^*	52,500^*	38,900^*
* significant difference from the employed low-income (reference group) at the 5% level F too unreliable to be published Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Financial Capability Survey, 2009.