Table 5
Decomposition of low income incidence under alternative lines

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Year/Group % of population % Contribution to low income incidence
LICO LIM 1992 LIM MBM
2000
Work limitations 14.2 15.9 16.0 15.0 15.1
Lone parent 4.8 10.5 11.0 12.0 11.0
Unattached 45 to 59 1.7 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.1
Recent immigrants 3.7 8.8 7.7 6.5 7.4
Off reserve aboriginal 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0
Multi-risks 3.5 12.7 13.2 13.7 12.0
None of the above 70.5 46.5 46.7 47.0 49.3
2001
Work limitations 15.4 16.9 16.9 16.0 15.8
Lone parent 4.7 11.1 12.0 12.5 11.7
Unattached 45 to 59 1.7 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.1
Recent immigrants 3.2 7.3 6.4 7.2 7.1
Off reserve aboriginal 1.7 1.5 2.0 2.2 2.2
Multi-risks 3.4 14.0 13.6 14.3 12.4
None of the above 70.0 45.3 45.6 44.0 47.8
2002
Work limitations 17.1 17.1 17.1 15.0 16.4
Lone parent 4.3 10.4 11.3 11.5 11.0
Unattached 45 to 59 1.7 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.7
Recent immigrants 3.8 7.8 7.7 8.5 7.7
Off reserve aboriginal 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.8 1.8
Multi-risks 4.4 16.8 17.3 19.1 15.7
None of the above 67.0 43.2 41.9 40.9 44.8
2003
Work limitations 17.0 17.4 17.0 15.6 16.0
Lone parent 4.4 11.0 12.0 12.8 11.7
Unattached 45 to 59 1.8 3.5 3.3 3.8 3.0
Recent immigrants 4.1 6.8 5.9 6.5 8.1
Off reserve aboriginal 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.4
Multi-risks 4.0 15.0 15.0 16.2 13.3
None of the above 66.8 44.0 44.4 42.5 45.4
2004
Work limitations 16.7 17.0 16.8 16.1 15.5
Lone parent 4.5 11.4 11.9 12.7 11.9
Unattached 45 to 59 1.8 3.5 3.1 3.9 3.0
Recent immigrants 3.8 6.3 5.4 4.5 7.3
Off reserve aboriginal 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.3
Multi-risks 4.1 14.4 14.6 16.3 13.8
None of the above 67.3 45.3 45.8 43.6 46.1
2005
Work limitations 17.5 18.7 18.7 17.1 17.4
Lone parent 4.3 8.1 9.1 9.7 9.4
Unattached 45 to 59 1.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.0
Recent immigrants 4.0 6.2 5.2 4.3 6.8
Off reserve aboriginal 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.3
Multi-risks 4.9 16.5 16.9 19.0 15.8
None of the above 65.6 44.8 44.6 44.1 45.4
2006
Work limitations 17.6 17.9 18.3 17.3 17.4
Lone parent 4.3 8.0 9.1 9.2 9.3
Unattached 45 to 59 1.8 3.8 3.5 4.0 3.2
Recent immigrants 4.0 7.5 6.6 4.9 7.6
Off reserve aboriginal 2.1 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8
Multi-risks 4.7 15.7 16.0 18.5 15.0
None of the above 65.5 44.4 43.6 43.2 44.7
2007
Work limitations 17.4 20.3 20.0 20.3 18.4
Lone parent 4.3 8.2 8.5 9.7 9.2
Unattached 45 to 59 1.9 5.0 4.3 5.4 4.2
Recent immigrants 4.0 8.1 5.7 4.7 7.6
Off reserve aboriginal 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.3 1.8
Multi-risks 4.7 16.7 17.0 18.3 16.1
None of the above 65.6 39.8 42.1 39.3 42.7
LICO: Low Income Cut-Offs
LIM: Low Income Measure
MBM: Market Basket Measure
Source: Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2000 to 2007.
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