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Low-income rates (top panel) and gap ratios (bottom panel) for children

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This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "Percentage".
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 20 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".

Figure 3.1
(top) Low-income rates (top panel) and gap ratios (bottom panel) for children
  LICO LIM MBM
percent
1976 13.4 14.3  
1977 13.3 14.3  
1978 12.5 13.6  
1979 13.2 14.3  
1980 12.1 14.3  
1981 12.6 14.5  
1982 14.2 15.3  
1983 15.8 16.2  
1984 16.2 16.5  
1985 15.7 16.0  
1986 13.9 15.1  
1987 13.7 15.0  
1988 12.2 13.9  
1989 11.9 13.7  
1990 14.0 15.9  
1991 15.2 15.5  
1992 15.1 15.4  
1993 16.9 16.2  
1994 16.0 15.5  
1995 17.7 16.4  
1996 18.7 17.6  
1997 17.9 17.1  
1998 15.7 16.6  
1999 14.6 15.5  
2000 13.9 15.7 14.1
2001 12.2 15.4 12.9
2002 12.4 15.4 12.7
2003 12.7 16.1 12.3
2004 13.0 16.8 12.4
2005 11.7 15.7 11.8
2006 11.4 15.1 11.1
2007 9.6 15.0 9.4
2008 9.1 15.4 10.3
2009 9.5 15.0 11.6
Note: Low income rates and 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.

This is a line chart.
The vertical axis is "Percentage".
The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 7 with ticks every 2 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".

Figure 3.1
(bottom) Low-income rates (top panel) and gap ratios (bottom panel) for children
  LICO LIM MBM
percent
1976 4.3 4.5  
1977 4.7 5.0  
1978 4.2 4.5  
1979 4.7 5.1  
1980 4.1 4.7  
1981 4.2 4.7  
1982 4.6 4.8  
1983 5.1 4.8  
1984 5.5 5.4  
1985 4.8 4.9  
1986 4.3 4.6  
1987 4.1 4.3  
1988 3.5 3.9  
1989 3.4 4.0  
1990 4.3 4.7  
1991 4.8 4.4  
1992 4.6 4.4  
1993 4.9 4.4  
1994 4.8 4.3  
1995 5.3 4.6  
1996 5.5 4.8  
1997 5.4 4.8  
1998 4.6 4.5  
1999 4.2 4.5  
2000 3.8 4.3 3.6
2001 3.5 4.4 3.6
2002 3.5 4.5 3.3
2003 3.6 4.5 3.4
2004 3.6 4.7 3.5
2005 3.4 4.6 3.4
2006 2.9 4.1 2.9
2007 2.5 3.9 2.6
2008 2.6 4.2 2.7
2009 2.6 4.2 3.2
Note: Low income rates and 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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