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TABLE 31
CHANGES IN
DEMOGRAPHICS OF "LOW INCOME"
AMONG ECONOMIC FAMILIES IN PRIVATE
HOUSEHOLDS
(1977 - 1984 INCOME
STATUS)
| Percentage of Low
Income* |
| in each
Sub-Group |
|
|
|
1977 |
1980 |
1984 |
| Province |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Newfoundland |
% |
17 |
19 |
23 |
| P. E. I. |
% |
13 |
14 |
12 |
| Nova Scotia |
% |
13 |
14 |
16 |
| New Brunswick |
% |
15 |
16 |
19 |
| Quebec |
% |
14 |
16 |
17 |
| Ontario |
% |
10 |
11 |
12 |
| Manitoba |
% |
13 |
14 |
15 |
| Saskatchewan |
% |
14 |
13 |
17 |
| Alberta |
% |
11 |
11 |
16 |
| British Columbia |
% |
10 |
10 |
16 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| City Size |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| 500,000 + |
% |
12 |
14 |
15 |
| 100,000 - 499,999 |
% |
10 |
14 |
16 |
| 30,000 - 99,999 |
% |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| Under 30,000 |
% |
12 |
11 |
14 |
| Rural |
% |
13 |
12 |
15 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Family Composition |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Husband-Wife only |
% |
|
9 |
|
| Husband-Wife with children |
% |
|
12 |
|
| Male-headed family |
% |
8 |
16 |
11 |
| Female-headed family |
% |
44 |
40 |
44 |
*Source: Statistics Canada. Income Distributions by Size in
Canada, #13-207. |