translate English to French: The effect would have been a retirement pension that replaced 37.5 percent of earnings for someone earning the average wage, but 50 percent for low-income workers whose average earnings were less than half the average wage (Townson 2000: 61).
100 des gains pour une personne touchant le salaire moyen, mais 50 p. 100 des gains pour les travailleuses et travailleurs à faible revenu dont les gains moyens seraient inférieurs à la moitié du salaire moyen (Townson 2000, p.