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Table 2a - LICOs & LIM - Number and percentage of children under 18 below the low-income thresholds, by family type, Canada 1984 to 2004

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	Post-tax LICOs						Pre-tax LICOs						Post-tax LIM
	Single-Parent		Two-Parent		All Families		Single-Parent		Two-Parent		All Families		Single-Parent		Two-Parent		All Families
Year	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%	N (000's)	%
1984	417	49.9	588	10.5	1,026	15.8	488	58.4	829	14.7	1,342	20.6	406	48.6	617	11.0	1,046	16.1
1985	414	50.5	577	10.2	1,004	15.5	471	57.4	755	13.4	1,242	19.1	403	49.1	567	10.1	983	15.1
1986	355	44.0	510	9.0	873	13.4	412	51.2	694	12.3	1,120	17.2	350	43.5	534	9.4	902	13.9
1987	383	46.5	493	8.7	884	13.5	454	55.1	656	11.6	1,120	17.1	379	45.9	534	9.4	921	14.1
1988	369	43.5	407	7.2	788	12.0	434	51.1	568	10.0	1,018	15.5	384	45.2	456	8.0	853	13.0
1989	349	40.4	400	7.0	762	11.5	424	49.1	548	9.6	987	14.9	359	41.5	462	8.1	835	12.6
1990	439	44.4	470	8.3	921	13.7	551	55.8	658	11.6	1,223	18.3	445	45.1	503	8.9	962	14.4
1991	475	46.3	519	9.1	1,007	14.9	575	56.1	726	12.8	1,316	19.5	447	43.6	495	8.7	954	14.1
1992	501	43.3	511	9.0	1,022	14.9	632	54.6	712	12.6	1,357	19.8	453	39.2	471	8.3	936	13.7
1993	538	43.7	598	10.7	1,152	16.7	696	56.5	819	14.6	1,536	22.3	462	37.5	494	8.8	973	14.1
1994	487	43.7	589	10.2	1,099	15.8	595	53.4	809	14.0	1,432	20.6	411	36.9	527	9.1	960	13.8
1995	524	46.8	684	11.8	1,222	17.5	640	57.1	881	15.2	1,539	22.0	435	38.8	539	9.3	989	14.2
1996	570	49.2	718	12.3	1,304	18.6	684	59.0	952	16.3	1,654	23.6	515	44.4	576	9.9	1,107	15.8
1997	550	47.2	683	11.8	1,242	17.8	653	56.0	884	15.2	1,548	22.1	518	44.4	554	9.6	1,082	15.5
1998	492	40.5	577	10.1	1080	15.5	622	51.2	802	14.0	1,436	20.6	491	40.4	515	9.0	1,017	14.6
1999	441	37.1	550	9.6	1001	14.4	565	47.6	765	13.3	1,343	19.3	452	38.1	506	8.8	969	13.9
2000	406	34.4	546	9.5	955	13.8	514	43.5	732	12.8	1,251	18.1	393	33.3	533	9.3	930	13.4
2001	366	31.0	467	8.2	835	12.1	489	41.3	699	12.2	1,191	17.2	392	33.1	533	9.3	927	13.4
2002	428	35.1	409	7.3	839	12.2	569	46.7	664	11.8	1238	18.0	479	39.3	454	8.1	937	13.7
2003	398	34.2	447	7.9	850	12.5	529	45.4	671	11.9	1,207	17.7	453	38.8	490	8.7	949	13.9
2004	407	34.2	470	8.4	877	13.0	539	45.4	670	12.0	1,210	17.9	461	38.9	519	9.3	981	14.5

Source: Special tabulations based on Survey of Consumer Finance and Survey of Labour Income Dynamics, Statistics Canada, 2004.

Note: LICOs represent 1992 base year. There is a small number of families which are neither single- nor two-parent. Thus, the total number of families is greater than the sum of the single- and two-parent families.

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