Description for figure 2.7
Low-income gap ratios under alternative lines
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This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "Percentage".
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 6 with ticks every 1 point.
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 | 4.3 | 4.1 | |
| 1977 | 4.8 | 4.7 | |
| 1978 | 4.3 | 4.2 | |
| 1979 | 4.4 | 4.3 | |
| 1980 | 3.9 | 4.0 | |
| 1981 | 3.8 | 3.7 | |
| 1982 | 4.0 | 3.7 | |
| 1983 | 4.6 | 3.8 | |
| 1984 | 4.6 | 4.0 | |
| 1985 | 4.1 | 3.7 | |
| 1986 | 3.8 | 3.5 | |
| 1987 | 3.7 | 3.3 | |
| 1988 | 3.3 | 3.1 | |
| 1989 | 3.1 | 3.0 | |
| 1990 | 3.8 | 3.5 | |
| 1991 | 4.2 | 3.4 | |
| 1992 | 4.2 | 3.5 | |
| 1993 | 4.4 | 3.4 | |
| 1994 | 4.3 | 3.4 | |
| 1995 | 4.6 | 3.5 | |
| 1996 | 5.1 | 4.0 | |
| 1997 | 5.0 | 4.0 | |
| 1998 | 4.7 | 4.0 | |
| 1999 | 4.4 | 4.1 | |
| 2000 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 2001 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 2002 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 2003 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2006 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 2007 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| 2009 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
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Note: Low income gap ratios 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), Statistics Canada. |
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