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- Articles and reports: 21-006-X2004007Geography: CanadaDescription:
This bulletin uses data from 2000 to update the analysis of Singh (2002) of the rural-urban income gap over the 1980 to 1995 period.
Release date: 2004-12-23 - 2. Wealth inequality by province ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410913127Geography: Canada, Province or territoryDescription:
The article, published in Perspectives on Labour and Income, highlights aspects of wealth distribution that are relatively consistent across the country and others that are more specific to certain provinces and families.
Wealth inequality relates to different income patterns across the country, but it also reflects patterns in the components of wealth, such as high residential property values in British Columbia and high levels of farm assets on the Prairies. This article uses data from the Survey of Financial Security.
Release date: 2004-12-20 - 3. 2002 income: An overview ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200411113131Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article takes a brief look at family incomes in 2002 and changes since 1980.
Release date: 2004-12-20 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2004219Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study investigates trends in family income inequality in the 1980s and 1990s, with particular attention paid to the recovery period of the 1990s.
Release date: 2004-12-16 - 5. Using RRSPs before retirement ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200411213132Geography: CanadaDescription:
RRSPs are not always used as a source of income in retirement. This article examines premature RRSP withdrawals between 1993 and 2001, and whether major life events such as marital separation, death of a spouse or job loss affect this behaviour.
Release date: 2004-12-15 - 6. Social assistance by province, 1993-2003 ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-010-X20040117614Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper compares which provinces have seen the largest changes in social assistance among their population, and which had the highest and lowest rates of welfare use in 2003.
Release date: 2004-11-17 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X200411013128Geography: CanadaDescription:
Who were the low-wage earners in 2000, what proportion lived in low-income families, and how did the situation change between 1980 and 2000? Low wages need not mean economic hardship: for example young people living with their parents or spouses who are secondary earners may not be at risk. However, groups such as recent immigrants, lone mothers, and unattached individuals may well be at risk.
Release date: 2004-10-26 - 8. Welfare Dynamics in Canada: The Role of Individual Attributes and Economic-policy Variables ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2004231Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this paper, Canadian longitudinal tax-based data are used to estimate models of the receipt of social assistance, or welfare, in a given year as well as the underlying dynamics: entry onto social assistance from one year to another, exit from a given spell of social assistance and re-entry onto social assistance after the end of a previous spell.
Release date: 2004-10-25 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2004230Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study explores the labour market performance of low and high educated couples using Census data for the period 1980 to 2000.
Release date: 2004-10-13 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2004228Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines the relationship between individuals' health status and the socio-economic composition of the neighbourhoods in which they live. It combines individual microdata from Statistics Canada's 1996-97 National Population Health Survey (NPHS) with neighbourhood-level characteristics estimated from the 1996 Census of Canada.
Release date: 2004-09-27
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- 11. Shifts in consumer spending ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410613122Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the effects of changes in consumer spending and asset holdings over the last 20 years on the economic landscape.
Release date: 2004-09-21 - 12. Saving for postsecondary education ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410713123Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study looks at the decision of parents to save, and amounts saved, for the future education of children aged under 19 years in 2002. A model is used to estimate cumulative parental savings, taking into consideration characteristics of the family and the child, aspirations and involvement of parents, awareness of saving incentive programs, and expectations about grant programs.
Release date: 2004-09-21 - 13. Class of 2000: Student loans ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-008-X20040027005Geography: CanadaDescription:
Postsecondary students finance their education in a variety of ways, including employment income, savings, family support, scholarships, and loans from government and private sources. This Canadian Social Trends article discusses student loans: not the most frequently used form of financial support for students, but an important source for those who do borrow.
Release date: 2004-09-14 - 14. Widowhood: Consequences on Income for Senior Women ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-621-M2004015Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article analyses the impact of widowhood on income, as well as changes in the low-income rate and the sources of income, among women 65 years of age and over, between 1990 and 2001, using data from Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD).
Release date: 2004-07-22 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M2004223Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines retirement issues for older working Canadians: income, pension coverage, home ownership status, immigration status, marital status and self-assessed health. It uses data from the 2002 General Social Survey.
Release date: 2004-06-29 - 16. Low income among immigrants and visible minorities ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410413117Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper examines the economic challenges of moving to a new country.
Release date: 2004-06-14 - 17. Low income in census metropolitan areas ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410513119Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper describes the income of Canadians from an urban perspective between 1980 and 2000, using census data.
Release date: 2004-06-14 - 18. Income replacement among recent widows ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200410513120Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper compares the economic well-being of recent widows in four OECD countries (Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Germany) during the 1990s.
Release date: 2004-06-14 - 19. On the Move with Homebuyers: Shopping for Furniture ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-621-M2004012Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines retail sales and household expenditures data from 1997 to 2002 to show the impact of homebuyers on furniture and appliance spending.
Release date: 2004-05-13 - 20. The economy: Year-end review 2003 ArchivedArticles and reports: 11-010-X20040046849Geography: CanadaDescription:
This summary of Canada's economic growth in 2003 also examines economic data from the last decade.
Release date: 2004-04-22
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