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Table 9
Median earnings, in 2005 constant dollars, of economic families by family type, Canada, 1980 to 2005
Family type¹	Median earnings				Change
	1980	1990	2000	2005	1980 to 2005	2000 to 2005
	2005 constant dollars				percentage
Note: In this table, only economic families of working age are included, that is, couple families where at least one partner is aged 15 to 64 and, similarly, lone-parent families where the parent is aged 15 to 64. Sources: Statistics Canada, censuses of population, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2006.
Economic families	58,293	61,031	63,304	63,715	9.3	0.6
Couple families	60,845	64,874	68,420	69,658	14.5	1.8
Couple families with children	62,991	67,852	72,936	75,997	20.6	4.2
Couple families without children	55,991	58,575	60,504	58,869	5.1	-2.7
Lone-parent families	31,491	31,602	32,719	33,694	7.0	3.0
Female lone-parent families	27,590	28,381	29,174	30,598	10.9	4.9
Male lone-parent families	52,421	48,999	47,108	47,943	-8.5	1.8