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Chart 18.2 Low income rates, by family type

Chart 18.2 (data) Low income rates, by family type
  Economic families,
two people or more
Senior
families
  % of families
1976 10.5 18.2
1977 10.4 19.1
1978 9.7 18.8
1979 9.9 13.8
1980 8.8 7.6
1981 8.9 9.6
1982 9.6 5.8
1983 10.9 7.0
1984 10.9 6.9
1985 9.9 4.9
1986 9.2 5.0
1987 9.0 4.3
1988 8.0 4.9
1989 7.5 3.9
1990 9.1 2.9
1991 9.9 3.3
1992 9.9 2.9
1993 11.1 4.5
1994 10.5 2.8
1995 11.0 2.5
1996 12.1 3.3
1997 11.5 3.9
1998 10.1 3.9
1999 9.5 3.1
2000 9.0 3.1
2001 7.9 2.5
2002 8.6 2.9
2003 8.5 2.7
2004 8.0 2.1
2005 7.4 1.6
2006 7.0 2.3