Widowhood: consequences on income for senior women

Author

Chris Li

Organization

Statistics Canada

Published

2004

Summary

This article analyses the impact of widowhood on income, as well as changes in the low-income rate and the sources of income, among women 65 years of age and over, between 1990 and 2001, using data from Statistics Canada's Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD).

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