CCSD | Research

January 2000

by Kevin K. Lee and Cheryl Engler

Contents:

• List of figures
• List of tables
• A guide to this report
• Section 1: Study overview
  • Introduction
  • Defining poverty
  • Sources of data
  • Geographic units
• Section 2: Demographics of poverty
  • Age, gender and poverty
  • Aboriginal peoples in poverty
  • Persons with a disability in poverty
• Section 3: Household type and poverty
  • Households in poverty
  • Children by family type in poverty
• Section 4: Education, employment and poverty
  • Education levels and poverty
  • Employment and poverty
• Section 5: Depth of poverty
  • Family type and depth of poverty
  • Lone-parent families and depth of poverty
• Section 6: Housing and poverty
  • Housing tenure and poverty
  • Shelter costs, housing affordability and poverty
• Endnotes
• Glossary
• Appendix A: Reference tables

A guide to this report

This report was commissioned by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the City of Medicine Hat, the City of Red Deer, the City of Grand Prairie and the City of Lethbridge. These communities range from 33,000 to 63,000 in population. The report is intended to provide useful reference for those interested in poverty in Alberta cities.

Sections 1 through 6 of this report compare elements of poverty among the five cities. Appendix A presents a series of reference tables supplying more detailed poverty information on individual communities.

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