Table 3
Average total income by family type, select years, 1976 to 2008

Table 3
Average total income by family type, select years, 1976 to 2008
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Average total income by family type. The information is grouped by Year appearing as row headers and is grouped by Non-elderly families, Married couples, Two-parent families with children, Married couples with other relatives, Female lone-parent, Male lone-parent, Other non-elderly families, Elderly families appearing as column headers, calculated using in constant 2008 dollars as a unit of measure.
Year Non-elderly families1
Married
couples		 Two-
parent
families
with
children		 Married
couples
with other
relatives2		 Female
lone-
parent 		Male
lone-
parent 		Other
non-
elderly
families		 Elderly
families3
in constant 2008 dollars
1976 67,400 77,400 100,400 28,000 53,300 52,800 42,300
1981 69,700 75,700 100,800 30,600 57,100 58,600 45,400
1986 68,800 77,600 100,700 29,200 49,800 56,600 49,300
1991 70,500 78,800 97,900 29,700 51,200 57,100 52,200
1996 70,400 78,500 98,700 29,200 46,000 50,300 50,700
1998 75,900 84,800 99,500 30,900 48,800 46,600 49,900
2001 80,700 91,400 106,700 35,300 51,300 52,000 52,500
2006 83,300 95,200 116,700 39,800 65,000 55,200 56,100
2007 85,500 99,300 119,400 40,800 60,300 59,400 59,700
2008 86,000 100,200 127,800 42,300 60,400 59,000 59,400
1. Includes families with major income earner less than 65 years of age.
2. Includes families with children aged 18 and older and/or other relatives.
3. Includes families with major income earner 65 years of age or older.
Source: Statitics Canada, CANSIM table 202-0410.
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