Table 15
Low-income for women in economic families, by visible minority and immigrant status, Canada, 2005
Low income | Total population | Non-immigrants | Immigrants | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total – Both sexes |
Female | Male | Total – Both sexes |
Female | Male | Total – Both sexes |
Female | Male | |
percentage | |||||||||
Low income after tax | |||||||||
Total population | 11.4 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 16.1 |
Visible minority | 21.8 | 22.2 | 21.5 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 21.5 |
Non-visible minority | 9.3 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 9.7 |
Low income before tax | |||||||||
Total population | 15.3 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 12.1 | 22.0 | 22.9 | 20.9 |
Visible minority | 27.8 | 28.3 | 27.3 | 23.9 | 24.4 | 23.4 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 27.5 |
Non-visible minority | 12.9 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 13.1 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006. |
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