The Working Poor
Thesis Statement: Advising Canada on the people out there that are working poor and on the poverty that is happening around our country.
Introduction
In our society many people do not understand how people are in poverty. They do not understand what is meant by working poor, people believe as long as their working so how can they be poor. Statistics show that in 2001, there were 653, 300 working poor individuals in Canada, and 1.5 million that are living in a working poor family. The people who are working poor have many jobs but their wages aren 't high enough to provide enough income to support their families adequately. Also people who worked in the labour force not only didn 't earn enough, but they could only find seasonal jobs.
Distinguishing between low income and working poor
Low paid workers are individuals whose annual earnings are low while the working poor are individuals whose economic family income falls under a poverty threshold. To determine if an individual is low paid it depends not only on their income alone but also determines that the working poor is looks at all of everyone 's income in that family. However if an individuals earnings are combined with that of another worker then the probability of being poor is greatly reduced. In 2001, 76% of low paid workers were not poor, and that many individuals who did not have low wages still ended up in poverty because their family income was not sufficient to provide for their domestic needs.
Who are the working poor?
As stated above in the introduction the 653, 300 working poor individuals in Canada which would consists of defining the working poor as individuals aged 18 to 64, who were not full-time students, who worked the equivalent of full-time for at least half of the year and who had a low family income in 2001.
In 2001 the working poor earned on average $12 per hour in paid employment, or 65% of the wages of other salaried workers. It is interesting that although the
Introduction
In our society many people do not understand how people are in poverty. They do not understand what is meant by working poor, people believe as long as their working so how can they be poor. Statistics show that in 2001, there were 653, 300 working poor individuals in Canada, and 1.5 million that are living in a working poor family. The people who are working poor have many jobs but their wages aren 't high enough to provide enough income to support their families adequately. Also people who worked in the labour force not only didn 't earn enough, but they could only find seasonal jobs.
Distinguishing between low income and working poor
Low paid workers are individuals whose annual earnings are low while the working poor are individuals whose economic family income falls under a poverty threshold. To determine if an individual is low paid it depends not only on their income alone but also determines that the working poor is looks at all of everyone 's income in that family. However if an individuals earnings are combined with that of another worker then the probability of being poor is greatly reduced. In 2001, 76% of low paid workers were not poor, and that many individuals who did not have low wages still ended up in poverty because their family income was not sufficient to provide for their domestic needs.
Who are the working poor?
As stated above in the introduction the 653, 300 working poor individuals in Canada which would consists of defining the working poor as individuals aged 18 to 64, who were not full-time students, who worked the equivalent of full-time for at least half of the year and who had a low family income in 2001.
In 2001 the working poor earned on average $12 per hour in paid employment, or 65% of the wages of other salaried workers. It is interesting that although the
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