| Income indicators |
| 8 | Percentage of persons in households with equivalent income1 less than the median equivalent income for all. Per cent |
| 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All persons | 12 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Households by the characteristics of the main income earner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old-age pensioner | 36 | 37 | 41 | 36 | 33 | 32 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability pensioner | 22 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 20 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Single parent | 34 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 32 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Person with long-term diseases | ... | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 14 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receiver of survivor benefits | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 17 | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receivers of social assistance2 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 33 | ... | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | The equivalent scale is based on the square root of household size. |
| 2 | Households where at least one member of the household received social assistance. |