Table 20
Low income measure after tax, by sex and age group, Canada 1976 to 2008

Table 20
Low income measure after tax, by sex and age group, Canada 1976 to 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Low income measure after tax. The information is grouped by Year appearing as row headers and is grouped by Women, Men, Both sexes, Under 18, 18 to 64, 65 and older, Total appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Year Women Men Both sexes
Under
18
18
to 64
65
and older
Total Under
18
18
to 64
65
and older
Total Under
18
18
to 64
65
and older
Total
percentage
1976 14.7 11.6 34.3 14.6 13.9 8.4 26.0 11.5 14.3 10.0 30.6 13.0
1981 14.8 11.2 23.8 13.4 14.2 8.2 16.0 10.6 14.5 9.7 20.4 12.0
1986 15.1 11.6 13.2 12.6 15.0 9.1 8.3 10.6 15.1 10.4 11.1 11.6
1991 15.6 12.1 6.3 12.2 15.4 9.8 4.2 10.7 15.5 11.0 5.4 11.5
1996 17.3 13.6 5.8 13.5 17.4 11.1 2.9 11.9 17.4 12.4 4.6 12.7
2001 15.7 13.5 9.8 13.5 15.1 11.0 5.6 11.4 15.4 12.3 8.0 12.5
2006 15.3 13.5 11.7 13.6 15.0 11.4 6.7 11.7 15.1 12.4 9.4 12.6
2007 14.6 13.0 12.8 13.3 15.4 11.1 7.5 11.6 15.0 12.0 10.4 12.5
2008 15.0 13.9 15.7 14.4 15.7 11.9 8.2 12.2 15.3 12.9 12.3 13.3
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 202-0802.
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