Table 4

Median income and expenses of responding residents and nonresidents, in Canadian dollars*

Income or expenseResidentsNon-residents†p value
Primary income45 00045 0000.002
Household income‡87 50080 0000.08
Monthly housing cost875729< 0.001
Purchase price of car17 50011 8000.002
Household RRSP contributions1 3751 5000.67
 Among positive contributors3 7503 6000.16
 % contributing59.8%65.6%0.52

  • ↵* Unless otherwise indicated.

  • ↵† Nonresident respondents to the survey of household spending included here were all 25–34 years old, employed full-time and living in urban areas.

  • ↵‡ Married respondents with a wage-earning spouse only.