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Appendix I - Table 2: Changes in Income for Families with Children, 1990, 1995, and 1999

Husband-wife Families      
    City of Toronto Canada
Percentage of husband-wife families with two children with total income above $100,000 1990 18.0% 9.9%
  1995 17.8% 13.7%
1999 23.2% 20.4%
Change (%) 1990-1995 -0.2% 3.9%
Change (%) 1995-1999 5.4% 6.6%
Change (%) 1990-1999 5.2% 10.5%
Percentage of husband-wife families with two children with total income below $30,000 1990 16.8% 15.4%
  1995 24.1% 17.1%
1999 20.0% 13.9%
Change (%) 1990-1995 7.3% 1.6%
Change (%) 1995-1999 -4.1% -3.1%
Change (%) 1990-1999 3.1% -1.5%
Median total income for husband-wife families with two children 1990 $69,100 $63,900
  1995 $57,400 $61,400
1999 $60,600 $64,700
Change ($) 1990-1995 -$11,700 -$2,500
Change (%) 1990-1995 -16.9% -3.9%
Change ($) 1995-1999 $3,200 $3,300
Change (%) 1995-1999 5.6% 5.4%
Change ($) 1990-1999 -$8,500 $800
Change (%) 1990-1999 -12.3% 1.3%
* NOTE: LICO for a family of four in a large urban area was $28,413 in 1990; $31,753 in 1995; and $33,658 in 1999.
Lone-parent Families      
    City of Toronto Canada
Percentage of lone-parent families with one child with total income below $20,000      
  1990 37.1% 47.0%
1995 46.9% 49.0%
1999 40.9% 42.3%
Change (%) 1990-1995 9.8% 2.0%
Change (%) 1995-1999 -6.0% -6.8%
Change (%) 1990-1999 3.9% -4.8%
Median total income for lone-parent families with one child 1990 $31,000 $25,400
  1995 $23,000 $21,700
1999 $25,400 $23,900
Change ($) 1990-1995 -$8,000 -$3,600
Change (%) 1990-1995 -25.8% -14.2%
Change ($) 1995-1999 $2,400 $2,200
Change (%) 1995-1999 10.4% 10.1%
Change ($) 1990-1999 -$5,600 -$1,500
Change (%) 1990-1999 -18.1% -5.9%
* NOTE: LICO for a family of two in a large urban area was $18,873 in 1990; $21,092 in 1995; and $22,357 in 1999.
Source: Prepared by the Canadian Council on Social Development, using Statistics Canada, Small Area and Administrative Data, 1990, 1995, and 1999.

A Community Growing Apart: Income Gaps and Changing Needs in the City of Toronto in the 1990s