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Table 3a - Post-tax LICOs - Percentage by which family income is below or above the low-income thresholds, by family type, Canada, 1984 to 2004

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	Low-income families: % below LICO			Non low-income families: % above LICO
Year	Single-Parent	Two-Parent	All Families	Single-Parent	Two-Parent	All Families
1984	34.3%	0.328	0.337	0.896	1.292	1.254
1985	0.350	0.289	0.318	0.897	1.332	1.292
1986	0.331	0.292	0.311	0.858	1.339	1.291
1987	0.320	0.283	0.301	0.932	1.357	1.315
1988	0.318	0.265	0.293	0.894	1.377	1.326
1989	0.301	0.304	0.301	0.984	1.418	1.370
1990	0.317	0.319	0.319	0.889	1.390	1.333
1991	0.327	0.304	0.315	0.844	1.329	1.271
1992	0.315	0.360	0.336	0.799	1.369	1.291
1993	0.302	0.281	0.292	0.769	1.330	1.249
1994	0.301	0.313	0.308	0.816	1.300	1.236
1995	0.291	0.297	0.295	0.848	1.315	1.256
1996	0.287	0.306	0.298	0.804	1.315	1.251
1997	0.306	0.333	0.322	0.803	1.369	1.294
1998	0.307	0.294	0.302	0.845	1.426	1.341
1999	0.292	0.307	0.301	0.894	1.493	1.404
2000	0.273	0.285	0.280	0.943	1.588	1.489
2001	0.277	0.307	0.292	0.997	1.646	1.543
2002	0.276	0.297	0.286	0.940	1.665	1.556
2003	0.280	0.278	0.280	0.970	1.681	1.575
2004	0.281	0.299	0.290	0.951	1.770	1.644

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

Note: LICOs represent 1992 base year. This table describes both the "depth" of poverty among low-income families with children under 18 and the "height" of non-poverty among the non low-income families. Because the LICOs are indexed annually by the change in the cost of living, changes in income relative to the LICOs represent changes in "real" income. Thus, this table shows whether low-income families are getting more or less poor over time and whether non low-income families are getting wealthier over time.

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