Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD)

Low income exit rate of population, category

Low income exit rate refers to the proportion of tax filers who exited low income in a given year among the filers who received a low income for some time. An exit rate is calculated for any number of years spent with low income. The low income measure (LIM) is used to identify low income tax filers. The LIM threshold is calculated as half of the median of the adjusted income of all tax filers and their family members.

Population refers to the total membership, based on specific characteristics, of a group of people, objects or events at a given time and within a particular geographic area.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Low income exit rates according to its duration