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Table 8 Most minimum-wage workers do not live with a spouse
| Total employees | Minimum wage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Incidence | ||
| '000 | '000 | % | |
| Member of a couple | 8,341.2 | 183.8 | 2.2 |
| Spouse not employed | 1,553.9 | 42.9 | 2.8 |
| Spouse unemployed | 287.9 | 9.2 | 3.2 |
| Spouse not in the labour force | 1,266.0 | 33.7 | 2.7 |
| Less than 55 | 771.9 | 19.8 | 2.6 |
| 55 and over | 494.1 | 13.9 | 2.8 |
| Spouse employed | 6,787.3 | 140.9 | 2.1 |
| Earning minimum wage or less | 115.9 | 10.8 | 9.3 |
| Earning more than minimum wage | 5,715.7 | 105.2 | 1.8 |
| Self-employed | 955.7 | 25.0 | 2.6 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2008. | |||
