Table 7
Income sources as percentage of total income of women and men aged 65 years and over, Canada, 1998 and 2008

Table 7
Income sources as percentage of total income of women and men aged 65 years and over, Canada, 1998 and 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Income sources as percentage of total income of women and men aged 65 years and over. The information is grouped by Income source appearing as row headers and is grouped by 1998, 2008, Women, Men appearing as column headers, calculated using dollars and percentage as a unit of measure.
Income source	1998		2008
	Women	Men	Women	Men
	dollars
Total income	40,996	50,582	58,662	74,093
percentage
Market income	40.2	55.4	47.4	62.5
Earnings	2.3	7.9	4.9	11.8
Wages, salaries and commissions	1.8	4.7	3.9	7.9
Self-employment income	0.5	3.2	1.0	3.9
Self-employment, farm	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.2
Self-employment, non-farm	0.3	2.7	1.0	3.7
Investment income	14.1	11.3	11.0	10.5
Retirement income¹	21.7	34.9	28.6	36.6
Other income	2.1	1.3	2.9	3.6
Government transfers	59.8	44.6	52.6	37.5
Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement and Spouse's Allowance	36.6	20.9	30.0	16.9
Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan	19.9	21.1	19.7	18.0
Child Tax Credit	F	F	F	F
Unemployment Insurance benefits	F	0.2	0.1	0.3
Workers' compensation benefits	0.5	0.7	0.4	1.0
Goods and Services Tax and Harmonized Sales Tax credits	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.4
Provincial and territorial tax credits	1.0	0.6	1.1	0.6
Social assistance	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.1
Other government transfers	..	..	F	F
.. not available for a specific reference period 1. Retirement income includes pension benefits, superannuation payments or annuities generated by employer pension plans. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, CANSIM table 202-0407.

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