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Income Status Before Tax (4), Economic Family Structure and Presence of Children for the Economic Families; Sex, Household Living Arrangements and Age Groups for the Persons 15 Years and Over not in the Economic Families; and Sex and Age Groups for the Persons in Private Households (88) of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2000 and 2005 - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Economic family structure and presence of children; sex, household living arrangements and age groups for the persons 15 years and over not in the economic families; sex and age groups for the persons in private households (88)

Definition

No definition is available for this variable.

Values

Total - Economic family structure and presence of children for the economic families ^{Footnote 1}
Couple families
Without children
With children under 6 years only ^{Footnote 4}
With children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 5}
With children under 6 years and children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 6}
All other couple families
Married couple families
Without children
With children under 6 years only ^{Footnote 10}
With children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 11}
With children under 6 years and children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 12}
All other married couple families
Common-law couple families ^{Footnote 14}
Without children
With children under 6 years only ^{Footnote 16}
With children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 17}
With children under 6 years and children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 18}
All other common-law couple families
Female lone-parent families
With children under 6 years only ^{Footnote 21}
With children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 22}
With children under 6 years and children 6 to 17 years only ^{Footnote 23}
All other female lone-parent families
Male lone-parent families
With children under 18 years only ^{Footnote 26}
All other male lone-parent families
Other economic families
Total - All persons 15 years and over not in economic families ^{Footnote 29}
Living alone
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Living with non-relatives (only)
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Males 15 years and over not in economic families
Living alone
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Living with non-relatives (only)
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Female 15 years and over not in economic families
Living alone
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Living with non-relatives (only)
Under 65 years
65 years and over
Total - Persons in private households ^{Footnote 50}
Under 15 years
Under 6 years
6 to 9 years
10 to 14 years
15 to 17 years
18 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Males in private households
Under 15 years
Under 6 years
6 to 9 years
10 to 14 years
15 to 17 years
18 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 years and over
Females in private households
Under 15 years
Under 6 years
6 to 9 years
10 to 14 years
15 to 17 years
18 to 24 years
25 to 34 years
35 to 44 years
45 to 54 years
55 to 64 years
65 to 69 years
70 years and over

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Economic family - Refers to a group of two or more persons who live in the same dwelling and are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption.

The economic family concept requires only that family members be related by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption. By contrast, the census family concept requires that family members be either a male or female spouse, a male or female common-law partner, a male or female lone parent, or a child with a parent present. The concept of economic family may therefore refer to a larger group of persons than does the census family concept. For example, a widowed mother living with her married son and daughter-in-law would be treated as a non-family person under the definition of a census family. That same person would, however, be counted as a member of an economic family along with her son and daughter-in-law. Two or more related census families living together also constitute one economic family as, for example, a man and his wife living with their married son and daughter-in-law. Two or more brothers or sisters living together, apart from their parents, will form an economic family, but not a census family, since they do not meet the requirements for the latter. All census family persons are economic family persons. For 2006, foster children are considered economic family members.

The economic family and its associated classifications and variables are derived according to the responses to the questions on sex, date of birth, marital status, common law status, and relationship to Person 1. In addition, consideration is given to the order in which household members are listed on the questionnaire.

As of 1971, published family statistics included families living in private households (including those enumerated outside Canada) and all collective households.

Prior to 2001, economic families were defined in Hutterite collective households as well.
For 2006, married spouses may be of opposite or same sex.

Note that as of 2001, same-sex partners are considered to be common-law partners. Thus they are considered related and members of the same economic family.

Economic family structure - Refers to the classification of economic families into those of couple families, lone-parent families and other economic families.

Couple families are those in which a member of either a married or common-law couple is the economic family reference person.

Lone-parent families are those in which either a male or female lone parent is the economic family reference person.

Other economic families are those in which any person not in a census family can be the economic family reference person.

Economic family status - Refers to the classification of the population according to whether or not the persons are members of an economic family.

Economic family persons refer to two or more household members who are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law or adoption, and thereby constitute an economic family. They can be further classified as follows:

Economic family reference persons - In each economic family, one person is designated as the reference person. For purposes of presentation of historically comparable low-income statistics, the following designations have been made. The male spouse or partner is designated as the reference person in opposite-sex couple families. In lone-parent families, the male or female lone parent is the reference person. In same-sex couple families, the first person in the couple listed on the questionnaire is the economic family reference person. In all other economic families, the reference person can be either a male or female person not in a census family.

Economic family members - Persons other than the reference person (as described above) who belong to the same economic family are classified as female spouses or partners, male or female same-sex spouses or partners, never-married sons or daughters, other sons or daughters or other economic family members. For 2006, other economic family members include foster children. They were previously classified as persons not in economic families.

Persons not in economic families - Household members who do not belong to an economic family. Persons living alone are included in this category.

The term 'children' refers to sons and/or daughters of the economic family husband/reference person.

Age - Refers to the age at last birthday (as of the census reference date). This variable is derived from date of birth.

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