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Table 1
Difference between low-income incidence curves for selected low-income lines, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario, 2000

Equivalent income ($) Low-income incidence curves
(asymptotic standard error)

Difference

t statistics

Newfoundland and Labrador

Ontario

1,000

0.003 (0.002)

0.006 (0.001)

-0.003 (0.002)

-1.752 1

2,000

0.004 (0.002)

0.008 (0.001)

-0.004 (0.002)

-2.023 1

3,000

0.006 (0.002)

0.010 (0.001)

-0.004 (0.002)

-1.866 1

4,000

0.006 (0.002)

0.011 (0.001)

-0.005 (0.002)

-2.045 1

5,000

0.008 (0.002)

0.014 (0.001)

-0.007 (0.003)

-2.363 2

6,000

0.008 (0.002)

0.018 (0.001)

-0.010 (0.003)

-3.451 2

7,000

0.012 (0.003)

0.022 (0.001)

-0.010 (0.003)

-2.936 2

8,000

0.018 (0.004)

0.026 (0.002)

-0.008 (0.004)

-1.937 1

9,000

0.024 (0.004)

0.032 (0.002)

-0.007 (0.005)

-1.597

10,000

0.036 (0.005)

0.038 (0.002)

-0.002 (0.006)

-0.345

11,000

0.057 (0.006)

0.047 (0.002)

0.009 (0.007)

1.360

12,000

0.070 (0.007)

0.060 (0.002)

0.010 (0.008)

1.308

13,000

0.093 (0.008)

0.073 (0.003)

0.020 (0.009)

2.264 1

14,000

0.110 (0.009)

0.088 (0.003)

0.022 (0.009)

2.340 2

15,000

0.129 (0.009)

0.104 (0.003)

0.024 (0.010)

2.455 2

16,000

0.146 (0.010)

0.115 (0.003)

0.031 (0.010)

2.937 2

17,000

0.167 (0.010)

0.132 (0.003)

0.035 (0.011)

3.184 2

18,000

0.191 (0.011)

0.142 (0.004)

0.049 (0.012)

4.172 2

19,000

0.211 (0.011)

0.158 (0.004)

0.053 (0.012)

4.401 2

20,000

0.226 (0.012)

0.174 (0.004)

0.052 (0.012)

4.183 2

1. Significance of difference at 5% level (1.645)
2. Significance of difference at 1% level (2.326)
Notes: Equivalent income is needs-adjusted using low-income cutoff (LICO) equivalence scale, and spatial prices-adjusted using LICO-based deflator. Baseline group is unattached individuals living in urban (500,000) area.
t statistics are calculated at each value of x in the sample, while only 20 selected points are reported in this table.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2000.