Table 21.1
Two indicators measuring the privatization of the sources of income for persons aged 65 and over, for all elderly persons and for two specific groups, Canada 1980 to 2002

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  1980 1985 1990 1996 2000 2002 Increase 1980 to 2002
Share of income that comes from private sources (%)
All elderly persons 78.3 75.4 81.9 85.4 89.7 88.5 13.0
Women living alone 59.7 59.2 63.9 72.1 74.0 76.0 27.3
Immigrants 79.4 77.0 86.9 87.9 92.6 92.1 16.0
Share of private pensions (%)
All elderly persons 12.5 14.3 18.6 26.8 30.5 32.0 156.2
Women living alone 11.5 11.5 14.2 24.0 28.8 32.8 184.4
Immigrants 8.9 10.6 15.0 24.2 24.7 26.3 193.9
Source: Data compiled by the authors from the Survey of Consumer Finances (1980, 1985, 1990, 1996) and the Survey on Labour and Income Dynamics (1996, 2000, 2002) micro-data files of Statistics Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, catalogue number 75-511-XWE.