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| Distribution across age groups | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 54 to 56 in 1983 | Age 59 to 61 in 1988 | Age 64 to 66 in 1993 | Age 69 to 71 in 1998 | Age 74 to 76 in 2003 | |
| % | |||||
| All individuals | |||||
| ≤ 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| > 0.4 and ≤ 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 13.5 | 16.6 | 16.6 |
| > 0.6 and ≤ 0.8 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 25.2 | 31.2 | 29.8 |
| > 0.8 and ≤ 1.0 | 100.0 | 24.7 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 22.3 |
| > 1.0 and ≤ 1.5 | 0.0 | 36.6 | 25.4 | 20.4 | 20.7 |
| > 1.5 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 |
| Bottom quintile | |||||
| ≤ 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| > 0.4 and ≤ 0.6 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| > 0.6 and ≤ 0.8 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| > 0.8 and ≤ 1.0 | 100.0 | 17.8 | 18.9 | 24.0 | 24.4 |
| > 1.0 and ≤ 1.5 | 0.0 | 37.2 | 37.9 | 43.9 | 43.4 |
| > 1.5 | 0.0 | 21.5 | 26.7 | 23.0 | 23.2 |
| Middle quintile | |||||
| ≤ 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| > 0.4 and ≤ 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 19.9 | 21.0 |
| > 0.6 and ≤ 0.8 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 30.5 | 37.8 | 35.5 |
| > 0.8 and ≤ 1.0 | 100.0 | 27.3 | 22.8 | 23.1 | 23.1 |
| > 1.0 and ≤ 1.5 | 0.0 | 38.7 | 23.0 | 15.2 | 16.0 |
| > 1.5 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| Top quintile | |||||
| ≤ 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 8.4 |
| > 0.4 and ≤ 0.6 | 0.0 | 10.8 | 21.0 | 28.1 | 25.9 |
| > 0.6 and ≤ 0.8 | 0.0 | 20.3 | 27.2 | 34.1 | 31.1 |
| > 0.8 and ≤ 1.0 | 100.0 | 25.3 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 17.7 |
| > 1.0 and ≤ 1.5 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 19.3 | 10.6 | 12.2 |
| > 1.5 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Data, 1982 to 2007. | |||||