Table 8
Prevalence of low income for economic family members, by immigration status, Canada, 2005

Table 8
Prevalence of low income for economic family members, by immigration status, Canada, 2005
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Prevalence of low income for economic family members. The information is grouped by Prevalence of low income and age group appearing as row headers and is grouped by Canadian-born, Total immigrants, Recent immigrants, Female, Male appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Prevalence of low income and age group Canadian-born Total immigrants Recent immigrants
Female Male Female Male Female Male
percentage
Before tax in 2005 for economic
family members
All age groups 10.5 9.1 19.9 18.6 39.3 40.5
Less than 15 years 16.7 16.5 39.7 42.1 46.4 48.5
15 to 24 11.6 9.7 30.2 29.5 41.5 43.3
25 to 54 8.9 6.2 21.3 19.3 38.2 37.9
55 to 64 7.0 6.7 11.6 11.0 24.9 30.0
65 and over 3.6 3.1 9.4 9.2 22.1 26.4
After tax in 2005 for economic
family members
All age groups 7.4 6.4 14.9 13.9 32.1 33.2
Less than 15 years 12.1 11.9 32.3 34.2 38.5 40.1
15 to 24 8.4 6.8 23.9 23.2 33.9 35.8
25 to 54 6.3 4.3 16.6 14.8 31.3 31.0
55 to 64 4.8 4.8 8.3 8.5 18.7 23.3
65 and over 1.4 1.2 4.0 4.0 16.2 21.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2006.
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