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Table 5 Household expenditure on all gambling activities by income groups, 2007

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  Average expenditure Percentage reporting1 Gaming as percent of total income
All households Reporting households All households Reporting households
$ %
Income after tax 336 646 52 0.5 0.8
Less than $20,000 229 678 34 1.7 4.8
$20,000 to $39,999 296 602 49 1.0 2.0
$40,000 to $59,999 320 587 55 0.6 1.2
$60,000 to $79,999 340 558 61 0.5 0.8
$80,000 and over 465 798 58 0.4 0.7
1. New screening questions were added in 2007 to reduce response burden, but for some categories, including games of chance, the response rate was lower than expected. These screening questions will be modified for 2008. See catalogue no. 62F0026M, no. 1 for more details.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Household Spending.