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Table 2 Low-income rates among children age 0 to 17 by immigration status 1

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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	19.1	19.8	16.5	28.0	21.2	16.1	16.3	12.2
1985	20.7	20.9	19.8	39.5	28.5	22.0	17.3	13.5
1990	17.5	17.1	19.0	37.4	27.2	21.8	17.2	10.4
1995	22.1	20.0	30.2	55.8	40.7	32.0	25.8	16.0
2000	17.6	15.5	24.9	41.9	34.2	27.3	22.1	13.1
2005	18.0	14.8	27.4	42.4	31.7	31.0	25.3	14.2
Low-income rates relative to Canadian-born
1980	...	...	0.8	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.6
1985	...	...	0.9	1.9	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.6
1990	...	...	1.1	2.2	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.6
1995	...	...	1.5	2.8	2.0	1.6	1.3	0.8
2000	...	...	1.6	2.7	2.2	1.8	1.4	0.8
2005	...	...	1.9	2.9	2.1	2.1	1.7	1.0
1. Based on the immigration status of the highest earner in the family. Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 20% sample microdata files, 1981 to 2006.

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Table 2 Low-income rates among children age 0 to 17 by immigration status1

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