Table 10
Evolution of income instability across income tertiles1

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Age All Bottom tertile Middle tertile Top tertile
Mean absolute deviation
55 to 592 0.199 0.250 0.162 0.182
60 to 642 0.216 0.257 0.188 0.201
65 to 692 0.126 0.138 0.115 0.124
70 to 742 0.095 0.096 0.086 0.103
75 to 793 0.080 0.081 0.074 0.085
80 to 843 0.085 0.080 0.077 0.097
Square root of 'within' variance
55 to 592 0.379 0.484 0.293 0.327
60 to 642 0.392 0.481 0.330 0.344
65 to 692 0.235 0.259 0.207 0.230
70 to 742 0.200 0.202 0.179 0.212
75 to 793 0.167 0.173 0.148 0.182
80 to 843 0.184 0.176 0.161 0.205

1. Includes all individuals with positive income after taxes in all 5 years of the interval studied.

2. Results based on a cohort of individuals aged 55 in 1985.

3. Results based on a cohort of individuals aged 65 in 1985.

Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Data base.