Access data related to expected income and spending growth according to age, education, income, province, marginalization, and the ability to understand numbers.
Note: Data for the series for household spending and income growth expectations have been revised from the fourth quarter of 2014 to the present. Roughly 9% of observations for expected household spending growth and roughly 12% of observations for expected household income growth were previously incorrectly classified as a “non-response” and are now classified as “0%.” For expected household spending growth and income growth, the new interpolated median results with these revisions are lower by, on average, 0.62 and 0.35 percentage points per quarter, respectively, over the full survey history. The changes do not affect key messages in previous CSCE publications.
Chart 1: Expected income and spending growth by age group
Chart 2: Expected income and spending growth by education level
Chart 3: Expected income and spending growth by income level
Chart 4: Expected income and spending growth by numeracy level
Note: Data for the level of numeracy between the second quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2024 have been revised. Respondents are assigned a numeracy score based on a series of questions when they take the survey for the first time. If they take the survey again in the future, their score is carried forward. For the quarters with revisions, roughly 22% of observations were classified incorrectly, and scores were not carried forward. The revised results are not systemically higher or lower than the previous results. The changes do not affect key messages in previous CSCE publications.