Table 2
The original equivalence LIM scales fall into a middle ground
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Old OECD scale | LIM scale | Poulin's scale | |
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First adult | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Extra adult | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Child | 0.5 | 0.3/0.41 | 0.2 |
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development LIM: Low Income Measure 1. When there is only one adult in a family, the first child is counted as 0.4 under LIM. |
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