Chart 6
Proportion of low-income Canadians by sex, 1976 to 2015

Chart 6 Proportion of low-income Canadians by sex, 1976 to 2015

Data table for Chart 6
Data table for Chart 6
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 6. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Women and Men, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Women Men
percent
1976 14.6 11.5
1977 15.2 11.9
1978 14.4 11.4
1979 14.7 11.6
1980 14.5 10.9
1981 13.4 10.6
1982 13.4 11.0
1983 14.0 11.8
1984 14.1 11.9
1985 13.4 10.9
1986 12.6 10.6
1987 12.6 10.4
1988 12.3 9.7
1989 11.6 9.4
1990 12.9 10.4
1991 12.2 10.7
1992 12.7 11.0
1993 12.7 11.1
1994 12.6 11.1
1995 12.6 11.5
1996 13.5 11.9
1997 13.4 12.0
1998 13.7 12.0
1999 13.3 11.6
2000 13.9 11.7
2001 13.5 11.4
2002 13.8 12.0
2003 14.1 12.4
2004 14.2 12.6
2005 13.8 12.1
2006 14.3 12.5
2007 14.0 12.5
2008 14.4 12.4
2009 14.4 13.0
2010 14.3 12.7
2011 14.0 12.6
2012 14.5 12.8
2013 14.0 12.8
2014 13.5 12.5
2015 14.7 13.7
Note: Estimates exclude territories and First Nations reserves.
Low income is based on Low Income Measures—After Tax (LIM-AT), and identify households that have adjusted incomes that are less than half of the median of the adjusted income distribution. In this context, "adjusted" means that the number of persons present in the household are taken into account, reflecting the economies of scale inherent in household size. Estimates are based on data from the following surveys: the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) from 1976 to 1992, a combination of the SCF and the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) from 1993 to 1997, the SLID from 1998 to 2011 and the Canadian Income Survey (CIS) beginning in 2012. For more information, see Statistics Canada, 2015, "Revisions to 2006 to 2011 income data", Income Research Paper Series, Catalogue no. 75F0002MIE - No. 003. Also, two previous revisions of income data are described in Cotton, Cathy, 2000, "Bridging Two Surveys: An Integrated Series of Income Data from SCF and SLID 1989-1997", Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 75F0002MIE - No. 002, and Lathe, Heather, 2005, "Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics: 2003 Historical Revision", Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 75F0002MIE - No. 009.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Income Survey, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, Survey of Consumer Finances, 1976-2015 (CANSIM table no. 206-0041).
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