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Table 13 Median after-tax income, by economic family type
Table 14 Average household expenditures

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Table 13 Median after-tax income, by economic family type
	1988	1998	2008
	$ 2008 constant
Economic families, two people or more	55,200	53,200	63,900
Elderly families	36,700	37,600	46,400
Married couples only	32,700	36,700	45,400
All other elderly families	49,400	40,400	54,200
Non-elderly families	58,000	56,500	68,000
Married couples only	53,900	51,700	62,700
Two-parent families with children	60,800	62,500	75,300
Married couples with other relatives	78,400	78,300	97,200
Lone-parent families	27,500	27,600	38,900
All other non-elderly families	46,500	49,100	59,500
Unattached individuals	21,200	20,100	24,900
Elderly males	19,900	20,400	26,100
Elderly females	17,200	19,000	21,500
Non-elderly males	27,900	22,900	29,400
Non-elderly females	21,800	17,900	23,300
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 202-0605.

Table 14 Average household expenditures
	1999	2009
	$
Total expenditures	52,616	71,117
Total current consumption	36,984	50,734
Food	5,981	7,262
Shelter	9,865	14,095
Household operation	2,373	3,428
Household furnishings and equipment	1,498	1,896
Clothing	2,290	2,841
Transportation	6,819	9,753
Health care	1,245	2,004
Personal care	699	1,200
Recreation	2,933	3,843
Reading materials and other printed matter	272	232
Education	746	1,238
Tobacco products and alcoholic beverages	1,172	1,506
Games of chance (net amount)	258	255
Miscellaneous	832	1,180
Personal income taxes	11,451	14,399
Personal insurance payments and pension contributions	2,815	4,269
Gifts of money and contributions	1,367	1,715
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 203-0001.