Low income

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• Low income is defined as twice the federal poverty level, or $37,700 for a family of four (2004).
• [3] Low income is defined as twice the federal poverty level, or $36,800 for a family of four (2003).
• Notes:Low income - in this summary, the threshold generally adopted to define low income is 60 per cent of contemporary median equivalised household disposable income.
• Low income is a serious difficulty for millions of people.
• One concluding note on the Statistics Canada approach to low income is required.

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