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Income Status Before Tax and Income Status After Tax (8) and Economic Family Status and Age Groups (80) for the Persons in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2005 - 20% Sample Data

About this variable: Economic family status and age groups (80)

Definition

No definition is available for this variable.

Values

  1. Total - All persons in private households Footnote 1
  2. Under 6 years
  3. 6 to 14 years
  4. 15 to 24 years
  5. 25 to 34 years
  6. 35 to 44 years
  7. 45 to 54 years
  8. 55 to 64 years
  9. 65 years and over
  10. Total - Males
  11. Under 6 years
  12. 6 to 14 years
  13. 15 to 24 years
  14. 25 to 34 years
  15. 35 to 44 years
  16. 45 to 54 years
  17. 55 to 64 years
  18. 65 years and over
  19. Total - Females
  20. Under 6 years
  21. 6 to 14 years
  22. 15 to 24 years
  23. 25 to 34 years
  24. 35 to 44 years
  25. 45 to 54 years
  26. 55 to 64 years
  27. 65 years and over
  28. Total - All family members Footnote 28
  29. Couple family members Footnote 29
  30. Husbands, male common-law partners or reference persons
  31. 15 to 24 years
  32. 25 to 44 years
  33. 45 to 64 years
  34. 65 years and over
  35. Spouses or common-law partners
  36. 15 to 24 years
  37. 25 to 44 years
  38. 45 to 64 years
  39. 65 years and over
  40. Children under 6 years
  41. Children 6 to 17 years
  42. Children 18 years and over
  43. Other couple family members
  44. Male lone-parent family members Footnote 44
  45. Male lone parents
  46. 15 to 24 years
  47. 25 to 44 years
  48. 45 to 64 years
  49. 65 years and over
  50. Children under 6 years
  51. Children 6 to 17 years
  52. Children 18 years and over
  53. Other male lone-parent family members
  54. Female lone-parent family members Footnote 54
  55. Female lone parents
  56. 15 to 24 years
  57. 25 to 44 years
  58. 45 to 64 years
  59. 65 years and over
  60. Children less than 6 years
  61. Children 6 to 17 years
  62. Children 18 years and over
  63. Other female lone-parent family members
  64. All other economic family type members Footnote 64
  65. Under 15 years
  66. 15 to 24 years
  67. 25 to 44 years
  68. 45 to 64 years
  69. 65 years and over
  70. Total - Persons 15 years and over not in families
  71. Males 15 years and over
  72. 15 to 24 years
  73. 25 to 44 years
  74. 45 to 64 years
  75. 65 years and over
  76. Females 15 years of age and over
  77. 15 to 24 years
  78. 25 to 44 years
  79. 45 to 64 years
  80. 65 years and over

Footnotes

Footnote 1

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.

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.

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Footnote 28

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.

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Footnote 29

Couple economic families refer to those husband-wife, opposite-sex common-law couple families and same-sex married and common-law couple families in which the economic family reference person is one of the spouses or partners.

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Footnote 44

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

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Footnote 54

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

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Footnote 64

All other economic families are those in which the economic family reference person is a person not in a census family.

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