Low-income Indicators (4), Individual Low-income Status (6), Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 (13A), Work Activity During the Reference Year (9) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data

• Work activity during the reference year (9): Total - Work activity during the reference year
• Low-income indicators (4): Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT)

This table details low-income indicators , individual low-income status , occupation - national occupational classification 2016 , work activity during the reference year for the population aged 15 years and over in private households in Quebec / Québec

Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016 (13A)	Individual low-income status (6)
	Total - Individual low-income status^Footnote 3	Low-income status - not applicable^Footnote 4	Low-income status - applicable	In low income	Not in low income	Prevalence of low income (%)^Footnote 5
Total - Occupation - National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016^Footnote 6	6,634,280	30,865	6,603,415	972,065	5,631,345	14.7
Occupation - not applicable^Footnote 7	2,104,515	11,900	2,092,605	568,050	1,524,555	27.1
All occupations^Footnote 8	4,529,770	18,960	4,510,805	404,015	4,106,790	9.0
0 Management occupations	438,945	1,120	437,825	29,945	407,885	6.8
1 Business, finance and administration occupations	732,865	2,785	730,085	44,215	685,870	6.1
2 Natural and applied sciences and related occupations	301,890	345	301,545	15,940	285,605	5.3
3 Health occupations	314,025	680	313,345	17,780	295,565	5.7
4 Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services	543,965	4,055	539,910	36,800	503,110	6.8
5 Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport	163,755	660	163,090	23,220	139,875	14.2
6 Sales and service occupations	1,110,220	4,845	1,105,375	155,340	950,035	14.1
7 Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations	620,010	2,930	617,080	49,355	567,730	8.0
8 Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations	78,965	1,165	77,805	10,450	67,355	13.4
9 Occupations in manufacturing and utilities	225,125	375	224,745	20,980	203,770	9.3

Symbol(s)

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not available for a specific reference period

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not applicable

Symbol x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Symbol F

too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Refers to the number of weeks in which a person aged 15 years and over worked for pay or in self-employment in 2015 at all jobs held, even if only for a few hours, and whether these weeks were mostly full time (30 hours or more per week) or mostly part time (less than 30 hours per week).

Footnote 2

Low-income measure, after tax (LIM-AT) - The Low-income measure, after tax, refers to a fixed percentage (50%) of median adjusted after-tax income of private households. The household after-tax income is adjusted by an equivalence scale to take economies of scale into account. This adjustment for different household sizes reflects the fact that a household's needs increase, but at a decreasing rate, as the number of members increases.

Using data from the 2016 Census of Population, the line applicable to a household is defined as half the Canadian median of the adjusted household after-tax income, multiplied by the square root of household size. The median is determined based on all persons in private households where low-income concepts are applicable. Thresholds for specific household sizes are presented in Table 4.2 Low-income measures thresholds (LIM-AT and LIM-BT) for private households of Canada, 2015, Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016.

When the unadjusted after-tax income of household pertaining to a person falls below the threshold applicable to the person based on household size, the person is considered to be in low income according to LIM-AT. Since the LIM-AT threshold and household income are unique within each household, low-income status based on LIM-AT can also be reported for households.

Footnote 3

Low-income status - The income situation of the statistical unit in relation to a specific low-income line in a reference year. Statistical units with income that is below the low-income line are considered to be in low income.

For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.

Footnote 4

The low-income concepts are not applied in the territories and in certain areas based on census subdivision type (such as Indian reserves). The existence of substantial in-kind transfers (such as subsidized housing and First Nations band housing) and sizeable barter economies or consumption from own production (such as product from hunting, farming or fishing) could make the interpretation of low-income statistics more difficult in these situations.

Footnote 5

Prevalence of low income - The proportion or percentage of units whose income falls below a specified low-income line.

Footnote 6

Refers to the kind of work performed by persons aged 15 years and over as determined by their kind of work and the description of the main activities in their job. The occupation data are produced according to the NOC 2016.

Footnote 7

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who never worked for pay or self-employment, or last worked for pay or self-employment prior to 2015.

Footnote 8

Includes persons aged 15 years and over who have worked at some point in time between January 2015 and May 2016.

Data quality note(s) – Quebec / Québec

• Incomplete enumeration flag
  Excludes census data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian reserves or Indian settlements.
• Long-form data quality flag
  Global non-response rate (GNR), long-form census questionnaire: 4.3%.
• Long-form income data quality flag
  Default. Data quality index showing a long-form income non-response rate lower than 10%.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016299.