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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Selected Economic Family and Persons not in Economic Family Characteristics (55), Income Statistics in 2010 (4A) and Income Sources (16) for the Economic Families and Persons not in Economic Families Aged 15 Years and Over in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

About this variable: Income statistics in 2010 (4A)

Definition

No definition is available for this variable.

Values

  1. Share of total income in 2010 % Footnote 1
  2. Percentage with an amount % Footnote 2
  3. Median amount $ Footnote 3
  4. Median amount excluding zeros $ Footnote 4

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Composition of income - The composition of the total income of a population group or a geographic area refers to the relative share of each income source or group of sources, expressed as a percentage of the aggregate total income of that group or area.

Total income - Total of income from all sources, including employment income, income from government programs, pension income, investment income and any other money income.

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Footnote 2

Percentage with an amount - Number with an amount divided by the total number in group (with and without an amount) and multiplied by 100.

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Footnote 3

Median income of economic families - The median income of a specified group of families is that amount which divides their income size distribution, ranked by size of income, into two halves. That is, the incomes of the first half of the families are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median. Median incomes of families are normally calculated for all units in the specified group, whether or not they reported income.

Median income of persons not in economic families - The median income of a specified group of persons not in economic families (for example, males aged 55 to 64) is that amount which divides their income size distribution, ranked by size of income, into two halves. That is, the incomes of the first half of the persons are below the median, while those of the second half are above the median. Median incomes of persons not in economic families are normally calculated for all units in the specified group, whether or not they reported income.

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Footnote 4

Median computed only with units having reported an income from this source.

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