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Table A.1 Low-income rankings (mean relative low income gaps) for selected low-income lines, year 2000

Equivalent income

Most low income

Medium low income

Least low income

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

4,000

B.C. 0.013 (0.002)

Man. 0.009 (0.002)

Sask.
0.008 (0.002)

Ont. 0.008 (0.001)

Que. 0.007 (0.001)

Alta.
0.007 (0.001)

P.E.I. 0.005 (0.002)

N.B.
0.006 (0.002)

N.S. 0.005 (0.001)

N.L. 0.004 (0.001)

6,000

B.C. 0.018 (0.002)

Man. 0.012 (0.002)

Sask. 0.011 (0.002)

Ont. 0.010 (0.001)

Alta. 0.010 (0.002)

Que. 0.008 (0.001)

N.B. 0.007 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.007 (0.002)

N.S. 0.007 (0.002)

N.L. 0.005 (0.002)

8,000

B.C. 0.023 (0.002)

Sask. 0.015 (0.002)

Man. 0.015 (0.002)

Alta. 0.014 (0.002)

Ont. 0.013 (0.001)

Que. 0.012 (0.001)

N.S. 0.010 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.010 (0.003)

N.B. 0.009 (0.002)

N.L. 0.007 (0.002)

10,000

B.C. 0.029 (0.003)

Sask. 0.021 (0.002)

Man. 0.021 (0.002)

Alta. 0.020 (0.002)

Que. 0.019 (0.001)

Ont. 0.017 (0.001)

N.S. 0.014 (0.002)

N.B. 0.013 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.013 (0.003)

N.L. 0.011 (0.002)

12,000

B.C. 0.037 (0.003)

Que. 0.028 (0.001)

Man. 0.028 (0.003)

Sask. 0.026 (0.003)

Alta. 0.026 (0.002)

Ont. 0.022 (0.001)

N.S. 0.020 (0.002)

N.L. 0.018 (0.003)

N.B. 0.018 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.017 (0.003)

14,000

B.C. 0.047 (0.003)

Que. 0.039 (0.002)

Man. 0.037 (0.003)

Alta. 0.034 (0.003)

Sask. 0.033 (0.00.32)

Ont. 0.029 (0.001)

N.L. 0.029 (0.003)

N.S. 0.028 (0.002)

N.B. 0.025 (0.003)

P.E.I. 0.022 (0.004)

16,000

B.C. 0.060 (0.003)

Que. 0.052 (0.002)

Man. 0.048 (0.003)

Alta. 0.043 (0.003)

Sask. 0.042 (0.003)

N.L. 0.041 (0.004)

Ont. 0.038 (0.001)

N.S. 0.038 (0.003)

N.B. 0.033 (0.003)

P.E.I. 0.030 (0.004)

18,000

B.C. 0.073 (0.004)

Que. 0.066 (0.002)

Man. 0.061 (0.003)

N.L. 0.055 (0.004)

Alta. 0.054 (0.003)

Sask. 0.053 (0.003)

N.S. 0.050 (0.003)

Ont. 0.049 (0.002)

N.B. 0.043 (0.003)

P.E.I. 0.040 (0.004)

20,000

B.C. 0.088
(0.004)

Que. 0.081
(0.002)

Man. 0.077
(0.004)

N.L. 0.070
(0.005)

Sask. 0.065
(0.004)

Alta. 0.065
(0.003)

N.S. 0.062
(0.003)

Ont. 0.060
(0.002)

N.B. 0.054
(0.003)

P.E.I. 0.051
(0.005)

Notes: B.C. = British Columbia; Man. = Manitoba; Sask. = Saskatchewan; Alta. = Alberta; Ont. = Ontario; P.E.I. = Prince Edward Island; Que. = Quebec; N.B. = New Brunswick; N.S. = Nova Scotia; N.L. = Newfoundland and Labrador.
Equivalent income is needs-adjusted using low-income cutoff (LICO) equivalence scale, and spatial prices-adjusted using low-income cutoff-
based deflator. Asymptotic standard errors are in parentheses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2000.

Table A.2 Low-income rankings (mean relative low-income gaps squared) for selected low-income lines, year 2000

Equivalent income

Most low income

Medium low income

Least low income

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

4,000

B.C. 0.011 (0.001)

Man.
0.008 (0.002)

Ont. 0.006 (0.000)

Sask. 0.006 (0.001)

Alta. 0.006 (0.001)

Que.
0.005 (0.001)

N.B. 0.005 (0.001)

N.S.
0.004 (0.001)

P.E.I. 0.004 (0.002)

N.L. 0.003 (0.001)

6,000

B.C. 0.014 (0.002)

Man. 0.009 (0.002)

Sask. 0.008 (0.002)

Ont. 0.008 (0.001)

Alta. 0.007 (0.002)

Que. 0.007 (0.001)

N.B. 0.006 (0.001)

P.E.I. 0.005 (0.002)

N.S. 0.005 (0.001)

N.L. 0.004 (0.001)

8,000

B.C. 0.017 (0.002)

Man. 0.011 (0.002)

Sask. 0.010 (0.002)

Ont. 0.009 (0.001)

Alta. 0.009 (0.002)

Que. 0.008 (0.001)

N.B. 0.007 (0.002)

N.S. 0.007 (0.001)

P.E.I. 0.007 (0.002)

N.L. 0.005 (0.002)

10,000

B.C. 0.020 (0.002)

Man. 0.013 (0.002)

Sask. 0.013 (0.002)

Alta. 0.012 (0.002)

Ont. 0.011 (0.001)

Que. 0.011 (0.001)

N.S. 0.009 (0.002)

N.B. 0.008 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.008 (0.002)

N.L. 0.006 (0.002)

12,000

B.C. 0.024 (0.002)

Man. 0.017 (0.002)

Sask. 0.016 (0.002)

Alta. 0.015 (0.002)

Que. 0.015 (0.001)

Ont. 0.014 (0.001)

N.S. 0.011 (0.002)

N.B. 0.010 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.010 (0.003)

N.L. 0.009 (0.002)

14,000

B.C. 0.029 (0.002)

Man. 0.021 (0.002)

Que. 0.020 (0.001)

Sask. 0.020 (0.002)

Alta. 0.019 (0.002)

Ont. 0.017 (0.001)

N.S. 0.014 (0.002)

N.B. 0.013 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.013 (0.003)

N.L. 0.013 (0.002)

16,000

B.C. 0.034 (0.003)

Man. 0.026 (0.002)

Que. 0.026 (0.001)

Sask. 0.024 (0.002)

Alta. 0.024 (0.002)

Ont. 0.021 (0.001)

N.S. 0.019 (0.002)

N.L. 0.018 (0.002)

N.B. 0.017 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.016 (0.003)

18,000

B.C. 0.041 (0.003)

Que. 0.033 (0.001)

Man. 0.032 (0.002)

Sask. 0.029 (0.002)

Alta. 0.029 (0.002)

Ont. 0.026 (0.001)

N.L. 0.024 (0.002)

N.S. 0.024 (0.002)

N.B. 0.021 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.020 (0.003)

20,000

B.C. 0.049 (0.003)

Que. 0.041 (0.002)

Man. 0.039 (0.003)

Sask. 0.035 (0.003)

Alta. 0.035 (0.002)

N.L. 0.031 (0.003)

Ont. 0.031 (0.001)

N.S. 0.030 (0.002)

N.B. 0.026 (0.002)

P.E.I. 0.025 (0.003)

Notes: B.C. = British Columbia; Man. = Manitoba; Sask. = Saskatchewan; Alta. = Alberta; Ont. = Ontario; P.E.I. = Prince Edward Island; Que. = Quebec; N.B. = New Brunswick; N.S. = Nova Scotia; N.L. = Newfoundland and Labrador.
Equivalent income is needs-adjusted using low-income cutoff equivalence scale, and spatial prices-adjusted using low-income cutoff-based
deflator. Asymptotic standard errors are in parentheses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2000.