Gender differences in poverty rates after marital dissolution: A longitudinal study

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Abstract (English)

Data from the Canadian Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics were used to examine rates of entering low income for divorced and separated men and women from 1999 to 2004. One in 5 women entered low income in the breakup year as compared with 1 in 13 men. About one quarter of women remained in low income for at least 1 year compared with 9.8% of men. Most divorced and separated women who entered low income did so during the breakup year and remained in low income for 1 year. However, women less than 40 years old were at higher risk of persistent poverty.

Abstract (French)

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