Prevalence of low income after tax

Part A - Plain language definition:

Percentage of economic families or persons not in economic families who spend 20% more of their after-tax income than average on food, shelter and clothing.

Part B - Detailed definition:

The prevalence of low income after tax is the proportion or percentage of economic families or persons not in economic families in a given classification below the low income after tax cut-offs. These prevalence rates are calculated from unrounded estimates of economic families and persons 15 years of age and over not in economic families.

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