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Table 2.2.8
Percentage of persons in low income, by number of years in low-income, 1993 to 1998 and 1996 to 2001
  Low-income cut-offs before-tax Low-income cut-offs after-tax
1993 to 1998 1996 to 2001 1993 to 1998 1996 to 2001
percent
Age 65 or older
0 years
69.4 71.3 84.5 86.3
1 year
6.0 5.8 5.7 3.9
2 years
4.2 3.5 1.9 2.3
3 years
2.7 2.8 2.0 1.1
4 years
3.6 2.3 1.5 1.2
5 years
4.3 3.7 1.1 0.9
6 years
9.7 10.7 3.3 4.3
All age groups
0 years
70.1 69.3 75.5 74.6
1 year
8.7 8.4 7.9 8.6
2 years
5.1 5.7 4.8 5.4
3 years
3.6 4.2 3.3 3.4
4 years
3.1 3.2 2.7 2.4
5 years
3.2 3.2 2.3 2.2
6 years
6.3 5.9 3.6 3.4
Sources: Statistics Canada, Survey of Consumer Finances; Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.