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Table 13-2
Low income after tax (92 LICOs base), by selected family types, Canada — Estimated number

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Estimated number
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  in thousands
Number of families  
Economic families, two persons or more 832 789 753 672 737 738 699 655 633 525
Elderly families 44 E 36 E 37 E 30 E 35 E 34 E 28 E 21 E 31 E 21 E
Married couples 15 E 13 E 11 E 15 E 18 E 17 E 13 E 10 E F F
Other families 29 E 23 E 26 E 14 E 18 E 17 E 14 E F F F
Non-elderly families 787 753 717 642 702 704 671 633 602 504
Married couples 119 145 129 124 144 135 134 137 123 105
Married couples, no earners 53 E 72 57 53 54 46 E 58 E 56 44 E 37 E
Married couples, one earner 35 E 41 45 42 48 48 44 E 37 E 37 E 32 E
Married couples, two earners 31 32 27 E 29 42 E 40 32 44 E 42 E 36
Two-parent families with children 260 248 253 209 199 202 203 198 195 146
Two-parent families with children, no earners 69 52 54 48 39 41 E 34 E 43 E 36 E 20 E
Two-parent families with children, one earner 103 108 115 97 79 75 82 78 84 79
Two-parent families with children, two earners 80 75 77 58 71 68 71 67 68 43 E
Two-parent families with children, three or more earners F F F F F 17 E 16 E F F F
Married couples with other relatives 34 E 27 E 38 E 41 E 43 E 47 E 34 E 21 E 23 E 14 E
Lone-parent families 271 246 219 200 231 226 216 184 171 149
Male 18 E 19 E 14 E 14 E 16 E 16 E 18 E 15 E 9 E 14 E
Female 253 227 205 186 216 211 198 169 162 135
Female lone-parent families, no earners 132 126 100 98 98 84 73 75 78 71
Female lone-parent families, one earner 116 93 95 82 103 112 110 80 69 56
Female lone-parent families, two or more earners F F F F 15 E F F F F F
Other non-elderly families 104 87 77 68 85 94 85 93 90 90
Unattached individuals 1,381 1,366 1,346 1,291 1,263 1,296 1,342 1,389 1,363 1,309
Elderly males 48 47 51 50 50 46 36 41 45 44 E
Non-earner 46 E 45 48 E 49 42 40 31 E 39 43 42 E
Earner F F F F F F F F F F
Elderly females 172 178 172 147 172 155 137 167 134 123
Non-earner 168 175 168 144 163 147 132 161 130 120
Earner F F F F F F F F F F
Non-elderly males 612 611 555 544 527 575 627 646 633 615
Non-earner 299 250 236 238 249 255 254 282 228 248
Earner 313 361 319 306 278 320 373 365 405 367
Non-elderly females 549 530 569 550 513 519 541 535 551 526
Non-earner 282 261 264 256 245 230 240 213 225 232
Earner 268 269 304 294 268 290 301 322 327 294
Date Modified: 2009-06-03

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