Description for figure 3.2
Low-income rates among seniors 1976 to 2009
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This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "Percentage".
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 35 with ticks every 5 points.
The horizontal axis is "Years".
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 1976 to 2009.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The title of series 1 is "LICO".
The title of series 2 is "LIM".
The title of series 3 is "MBM".
| LICO | LIM | MBM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| percent | |||
| 1976 | 29.0 | 30.6 | |
| 1977 | 30.4 | 33.1 | |
| 1978 | 29.4 | 32.0 | |
| 1979 | 26.1 | 28.3 | |
| 1980 | 21.4 | 24.1 | |
| 1981 | 21.0 | 20.4 | |
| 1982 | 17.8 | 15.4 | |
| 1983 | 19.4 | 15.7 | |
| 1984 | 16.2 | 14.3 | |
| 1985 | 14.7 | 11.9 | |
| 1986 | 13.5 | 11.1 | |
| 1987 | 12.6 | 10.3 | |
| 1988 | 13.0 | 13.1 | |
| 1989 | 11.3 | 10.7 | |
| 1990 | 10.8 | 7.5 | |
| 1991 | 11.1 | 5.4 | |
| 1992 | 9.8 | 5.2 | |
| 1993 | 11.5 | 5.9 | |
| 1994 | 8.6 | 4.1 | |
| 1995 | 8.6 | 3.7 | |
| 1996 | 9.8 | 3.9 | |
| 1997 | 9.1 | 4.8 | |
| 1998 | 8.6 | 5.9 | |
| 1999 | 7.9 | 6.3 | |
| 2000 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 3.4 |
| 2001 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| 2002 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 3.3 |
| 2003 | 6.8 | 9.1 | 2.9 |
| 2004 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 2.6 |
| 2005 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 2.3 |
| 2006 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 2.3 |
| 2007 | 4.9 | 10.4 | 2.1 |
| 2008 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | 5.2 | 11.5 | 4.2 |
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Note: Low income rates are calculated using three low income thresholds: the Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO), the Low Income Measure (LIM) and the Market Basket Measure (MBM). Source: Survey of Consumer Finances (1976 to 1995) and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (1996 to 2009). |
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