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Table 1 Low-income rates by immigration status, 1980 to 2005

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	Total	Canadian-born	Immigrants	5 or less	6 to 10	11 to 15	16 to 20	Over 20
	Total	Canadian-born	Immigrants	Years since immigration
	%
After-transfer, before-tax low-income rate
1980	17.1	17.2	17.0	24.6	18.7	14.4	14.7	16.7
1985	18.7	18.5	19.3	34.2	26.0	19.8	15.9	16.5
1990	15.5	15.1	17.1	31.3	24.2	19.0	15.2	12.6
1995	19.1	17.6	24.7	47.0	35.3	27.2	22.1	15.5
2000	15.6	14.3	20.2	35.8	28.3	22.7	19.1	13.3
2005	15.3	13.3	21.6	36.0	28.0	25.8	21.5	13.3
Low-income rates relative to the Canadian-born
1980	...	...	1.0	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.0
1985	...	...	1.0	1.8	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.9
1990	...	...	1.1	2.1	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.8
1995	...	...	1.4	2.7	2.0	1.6	1.3	0.9
2000	...	...	1.4	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	0.9
2005	...	...	1.6	2.7	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.0
Note: The sample size for the smallest cell in this table is 67,000. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 20% sample microdata files, 1981 to 2006.