Figure 8 - Percentage of Families with Children with Low Income, Single-Parent and Two-Parent Families, LICOss and LIM, 1984-2004

A line graph showing the trend in the percentage of families with children below three low-income measures, the pre-tax LICO, the post-tax LICO and the LIM, for three family types, for the years 1984 to 2004.

1984
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 54.4% Post-Tax LIM 44.3% Post-Tax LICO 45.5%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 13.0% Post-Tax LIM 9.2% Post-Tax LICO 9.1%

1985
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 52.8% Post-Tax LIM 44.5% Post-Tax LICO 45.6%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 11.7% Post-Tax LIM 8.4% Post-Tax LICO 8.7%

1986
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 47.9% Post-Tax LIM 40.4% Post-Tax LICO 40.0%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.9% Post-Tax LIM 8.1% Post-Tax LICO 8.1%

1987
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 50.0% Post-Tax LIM 41.7% Post-Tax LICO 41.7%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.2% Post-Tax LIM 7.8% Post-Tax LICO 7.7%

1988
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 47.1% Post-Tax LIM 41.4% Post-Tax LICO 39.2%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 9.0% Post-Tax LIM 6.7% Post-Tax LICO 6.3%

1989
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 44.6% Post-Tax LIM 37.0% Post-Tax LICO 35.7%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 8.6% Post-Tax LIM 7.1% Post-Tax LICO 6.3%

1990
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 52.6% Post-Tax LIM 41.9% Post-Tax LICO 41.5%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.2% Post-Tax LIM 7.5% Post-Tax LICO 7.1%

1991
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 51.2% Post-Tax LIM 39.3% Post-Tax LICO 41.6%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 11.4% Post-Tax LIM 7.7% Post-Tax LICO 8.2%

1992
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 51.0% Post-Tax LIM 37.0% Post-Tax LICO 39.9%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 11.2% Post-Tax LIM 7.3% Post-Tax LICO 7.8%

1993
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 52.5% Post-Tax LIM 35.2% Post-Tax LICO 39.9%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 13.2% Post-Tax LIM 7.6% Post-Tax LICO 9.5%

1994
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 50.4% Post-Tax LIM 34.4% Post-Tax LICO 40.4%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 12.7% Post-Tax LIM 7.9% Post-Tax LICO 9.3%

1995
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 52.4% Post-Tax LIM 35.6% Post-Tax LICO 41.9%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 13.8% Post-Tax LIM 8.2% Post-Tax LICO 10.6%

1996
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 55.4% Post-Tax LIM 42.6% Post-Tax LICO 46.0%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 14.7% Post-Tax LIM 8.6% Post-Tax LICO 10.9%

1997
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 52.3% Post-Tax LIM 41.6% Post-Tax LICO 43.2%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 13.7% Post-Tax LIM 8.4% Post-Tax LICO 10.4%

1998
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 47.6% Post-Tax LIM 37.5% Post-Tax LICO 37.0%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 12.3% Post-Tax LIM 7.6% Post-Tax LICO 8.8%

1999
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 44.7% Post-Tax LIM 35.1% Post-Tax LICO 34.2%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 11.6% Post-Tax LIM 7.6% Post-Tax LICO 8.4%

2000
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 40.4% Post-Tax LIM 30.9% Post-Tax LICO 30.8%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 11.1% Post-Tax LIM 8.1% Post-Tax LICO 8.3%

2001
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 38.2% Post-Tax LIM 30.4% Post-Tax LICO 27.9%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.5% Post-Tax LIM 7.8% Post-Tax LICO 6.9%

2002
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 43.1% Post-Tax LIM 35.4% Post-Tax LICO 31.6%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.3% Post-Tax LIM 7.2% Post-Tax LICO 6.5%

2003
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 41.8% Post-Tax LIM 35.5% Post-Tax LICO 31.8%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.0% Post-Tax LIM 7.3% Post-Tax LICO 6.8%

2004
Single Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 41.3% Post-Tax LIM 34.7% Post-Tax LICO 30.5%
Two-Parent Family Pre-Tax LICO 10.4% Post-Tax LIM 7.9% Post-Tax LICO 7.0%

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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