About 6 percent of seniors in Canada have family incomes below the Low Income Measure (LIM), a definition of relative poverty that sets the line at 50 percent of the median household income adjusted for family size. The Canadian senior below-LIM rate has fallen sharply in the last 35 years...
This paper provides new estimates of poverty in Australia, using data from the 2000- 2001 Survey of Income and Housing Costs, conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This study uses the OECD Half Median Poverty line, and ... Lloyd,RachelHarding,AnnPayne,... - 《Australians...
. After adjusting for 18 additional factors, immigrant status remained statistically significant (aOR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.41,p< 0.001). Significant baseline factors associated with successful aging among immigrants included being younger, having higher income, being married, not being obese, ...
There are a couple of different data sets that can be used to estimate the distribution of after-tax income by age in Canada. The first is the Canada Revenue Agency's Taxation Statistics. These report the total amount of income declared by every Canadian taxfiler, broken down into five year...
By giving much needed-cash directly to low-income Canadians, the rebate reflects the principles of dignity and inclusion so clearly articulated in the Poverty Reduction Strategy. By comparison, the latest call for funding applications for the Local Food Infrastructure Fund is a bi...
If family or household income, whose income is counted? (e.g. if a 25 year old is living with a parent, whose income is included in the 25 year old’s “family income”?) Check to see if the income is “census family income” or “economic family income”....
In some cities the amount of wealth in the under- ground economy and income gen- erated exerts great control not only in the economy but also political power. In some cities, the politi- cians or the rulers cannot be in operation without their blessing and anyone who tries to oppress or...
One teacher in a grade 11 history class in a lower-income, mostly black Philadelphia technical school discovered that his students had no knowledge, at all, about either of the two American political parties or competing philosophies, so he resorted to teaching them about different points of view...
Only one of the five primary care provider respondents who reported using sociodemographic data collected gender identity, ethnicity, religion, income and preferred language. To some degree, all community organization respondents collected the sociodemographic data types listed on the survey. Specifically, ...
directly from his generosity in giving store credit to customers who were unable to pay. Bankrupt, Neilson moved his growing family in 1889 to Toronto. While Neilson was working on his brother’s North Dakota farm to earn income, his ingenious wife started her own business to escape poverty...