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Low Income in Canada: 2000-2004 Using the Market Basket Measure
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Highlights
I. Introduction
II. Low Income Measures
III. The Market Basket Measure
Low Income Based on the Market Basket Measure
MBM Disposable Income and the MBM "Basket"
The MBM Thresholds
IV. The Results
Incidence: 2000-2004
Depth
Persistence
Low Income Dynamics
V. A Focus on the "Working Poor"
Incidence
Depth
Persistence
VI. High Risk Groups
Incidence
Depth
Persistence
VII. Summing Up
Introduction to Tables 8-11
Appendix A — Methodological Annex
The Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs)- Pre and Post-Income Tax
Post- Income Tax Low Income Measure (LIM-IAT)
The Market Basket Measure (MBM)
Distinctive Features of the MBM
The Composition of the MBM Basket
Appendix B — Health Canada's National Nutritious Food Basket — 1998
Appendix C — Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and Winnipeg Harvest — January 2001 Acceptable Level of Living (A.L.L.) 2000 for Clothing and Footwear
Appendix D — Percentage of rental units in which various appliances are included in the rent, Labour Force Survey (LFS) rent supplement, average of June to December 2000
Appendix E — Cities in which transportation items are collected
Appendix F — Survey of Household Spending (SHS) items included in Other Expenses calculation: numerator
Appendix G — Market Basket Measure (MBM) tresholds for reference family by component: 2003 and 2004
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