Measuring poverty in Canada
By: Christopher A. Sarlo
Contributors: Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.)
Series: Fraser Institute critical issues bulletin
Publisher: Fraser Institute
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Poor; Poverty
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: Defining poverty; title: The basic needs poverty line; title: The American poverty line; title: The Canadian debate; title: The basic needs poverty line (1997 version); title: Use of equivalence scales; title: Explaining the list of basic needs; title: Poverty lines for provinces and cities (1997 and 2000); title: Personal poverty lines; title: Estimating poverty in Canada-income; title: The overall trend; title: Poverty among children; title: Provincial differences in poverty; title: Age; title: Type of household; title: The social comfort line; title: Other income thresholds; title: Income a poor indicator of economic well-being; title: A closer look at income poverty; title: Estimating poverty in Canada-consumption; title: Inequality; title: No growing gap; title: Other studies of poverty; title: Policy; title: Analysis; title: Welfare and the minimum wage; title: Poverty insurance.