Low income persistence of tax filers in Canada

This table provides information on the number of years in low income over an eight-year period among Canadian taxfilers. The years in low-income may or may not be adjacent to each other. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income taxfilers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted family after-tax income of all taxfilers and their family members. This table uses two different types of LIM: the variable LIM is based on the median total income re-calculated each year, while the fixed LIM is based on the median total income in 2002 adjusted yearly by the all-items Consumer Price Index.

本表提供了加拿大纳税人八年间低收入年数的统计信息。低收入年数可能连续，也可能不连续。低收入测量指标（LIM）用于识别低收入纳税人。LIM阈值计算为所有纳税人及其家庭成员调整后家庭收入中位数的一半。本表采用两种不同的LIM类型：可变LIM基于每年重新计算的总收入中位数，而固定LIM则基于2002年的总收入中位数，并按年度通过所有项目消费者价格指数进行调整。