>From what I've been able to access, it looks like it's individual income.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Weick To: [email protected] ; RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Conference Board on income disparity I also wondered about the individual versus family thing. I may try to access the report. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2:25 PM Subject: [Futurework] Re: Conference Board on income disparity > > >> The average Canadian is better off than he or she was a generation >> ago. In 1976, average income was $51,100; by 2009 it was $59,700-an >> increase of 17 per cent over 33 years, after adjusting for >> inflation. > > Is that family income or individual salary/wage income? If the > former, any increase in the average may be due to an increase in > number of dual-income families. Not a big win. IIRC, dual-income was > not the typical or default case in 1976. > >> But average income does not necessarily reflect how the majority of >> people are doing; ... > > Just so. > >> ...instead, some analysts suggest using median >> income-the income level that divides the group into two equal >> parts. Median income grew by only 5.5 per cent over the same period. > > Same question: family or individual? And it's still tricky. Median > ticks upward if below-median people get raises to above-median or new > above-median jobs are created. Not, though, if the few at the top > just get their already big incomes tripled. > > But what do I know? > - Mike > > -- > Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. > /V\ > [email protected] /( )\ > http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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