Figure 13 illustrates the incidence of private pension income for elderly immigrants in tax year
2000 disaggregated by immigrant category.30Again, this figure provides aggregate information
on elderly immigrants in each category and the text which follows provides further detail on the
three elderly subgroups.
Economic immigrants had higher incidence than seen in Figure 12 following the 10-year mark.
At the 20-year mark, long-term elderly in the economic categories had an incidence of 25 percent
and short-term elderly had an incidence of 55 percent. Economic immigrants had higher average
income form private pension initially; however, at the 20-year mark most had income in line
with that observed in Figure A12 in the Appendix. Skilled Principal Applicants were the
exception and had average private pension equal to $15 000 at the 20-year mark.
Retired immigrants had even higher incidence from the 10-year mark and on. Incidence for this
group was between 70 and 75 percent at the 20-year mark. Average annual income from this
source was also higher than the average and than that of economic immigrants. At the 20-year
mark short-term elders in the retired category reported average private pension income equal to
$15 000 and immediate elders reported nearly $20 000.