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Table 7
Prime-aged couples with RPP, by earnings1

  1991 1996 2001 2004
With positive pension adjustment %
Bottom 20%
None 73.1 76.2 75.3 75.6
Husband 20.4 17.1 16.7 15.4
Wife 5.1 5.3 6.2 7.1
Both 1.4 1.3 1.8 1.9
Middle 20%
None 23.3 24.3 26.6 27.9
Husband 49.1 45.0 37.7 34.7
Wife 11.7 14.0 16.0 17.3
Both 15.9 16.7 19.7 20.1
Top 20%
None 16.7 18.2 21.9 22.4
Husband 26.1 23.7 22.2 21.1
Wife 10.0 11.9 14.4 15.3
Both 47.1 46.2 41.4 41.2
1 Husband has annual earnings of at least $1,000 (1994 dollars) and aged 35 to 54.
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank