Table 2
Proportion of children (19 years and under) in each type of neighbourhood that were enrolled in the Maintenance Enforcement Program, June 2006, three census metropolitan areas

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Income level of neighbourhood Census metropolitan areas Total
Halifax Calgary Edmonton
proportion of children
Lowest income neighbourhoods 10.5 7.5 9.3 8.6
Quintile 2 8.5 4.2 7.8 6.3
Quintile 3 6.9 4.5 5.9 5.5
Quintile 4 6.4 3.6 4.4 4.3
Highest income neighbourhoods 5.2 2.9 4.4 3.8
Note: Includes non-interjurisdiction support order and interjurisdictional support order-out cases with at least one child beneficiary under the age of 20 and with a known location. Excludes neighbourhoods with 30 or fewer female lone-parent families.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs and 2006 Census of Population.
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