Figure 6 illustrates the incidence

Figure 6 illustrates the incidence of investment income for the elderly population in tax year
2000.19 There is some evidence of a positive relationship between the incidence of investment
income and age at landing but only for long-term elders. A little less than 40 percent of longterm
elders reported investment income at the 11-year mark. Incidence increased a small amount
across years since landing and was 45 percent by the 20-year mark. Short-term and immediate
elders had incidence of 20 percent in the initial years after landing. Between the 5- and 10-year
marks incidence was roughly 30 to 40 percent. Following the 10-year mark incidence decreased
slightly and stabilized around 35 percent.
Average investment income was relatively constant across years since landing and almost
identical for all three elderly groups.20 On average, long-term and short-term elders reported
investment income equal to $5 000 and immediate elders reported investment income of $6 000.
There was some variation in the incidence and average amount of investment income among
different immigrant categories.
Figure 7 shows the incidence of investment income in tax year 2000 for the elderly population
broken down by immigrant category.21 Once again, this figure provides aggregate information on
elderly immigrants by category while the text provides more detailed information on the three
elderly subgroups.