Figure 10 - Post-tax LICOs: Depth of Low Income - Shortfall of Low-Income Families with Children as a Proportion of the LICO, 1984 - 2004

A line graph showing the trend in the depth of low income, expressed as a percentage below the post-tax LICO, for families with children for the years 1984 to 2004.

1984 All Families 33.7% 2-Parent Families 32.8% Single-Parent Families 34.3%
1985 All Families 31.8% 2-Parent Families 28.9% Single-Parent Families 35.0%
1986 All Families 31.1% 2-Parent Families 29.2% Single-Parent Families 33.1%
1987 All Families 30.1% 2-Parent Families 28.3% Single-Parent Families 32.0%
1988 All Families 29.3% 2-Parent Families 26.5% Single-Parent Families 31.8%
1989 All Families 30.1% 2-Parent Families 30.4% Single-Parent Families 30.1%
1990 All Families 31.9% 2-Parent Families 31.9% Single-Parent Families 31.7%
1991 All Families 31.5% 2-Parent Families 30.4% Single-Parent Families 32.7%
1992 All Families 33.6% 2-Parent Families 36.0% Single-Parent Families 31.5%
1993 All Families 29.2% 2-Parent Families 28.1% Single-Parent Families 30.2%
1994 All Families 30.8% 2-Parent Families 31.3% Single-Parent Families 30.1%
1995 All Families 29.5% 2-Parent Families 29.7% Single-Parent Families 29.1%
1996 All Families 29.8% 2-Parent Families 30.6% Single-Parent Families 28.7%
1997 All Families 32.2% 2-Parent Families 33.3% Single-Parent Families 30.6%
1998 All Families 30.2% 2-Parent Families 29.4% Single-Parent Families 30.7%
1999 All Families 30.1% 2-Parent Families 30.7% Single-Parent Families 29.2%
2000 All Families 28.0% 2-Parent Families 28.5% Single-Parent Families 27.3%
2001 All Families 29.2% 2-Parent Families 30.7% Single-Parent Families 27.7%
2002 All Families 28.6% 2-Parent Families 29.7% Single-Parent Families 27.6%
2003 All Families 28.0% 2- Parent Families 27.8% Single- Parent Families 28.0%
2004 All Families 29.0% 2- Parent Families 29.9% Single- Parent Families 28.1%

Source: Statistics Canada , Survey of consumer Finance from 1984 to 1995 and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) from 1996 to 2004.

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