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Topic-based tabulation: Age Groups of Children at Home (15) and Census Family Structure (7) for the Census Families in Private Households of Census Metropolitan Areas, Tracted Census Agglomerations and Census Tracts, 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data

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Catalogue number :97-553-XCB2006021
Release date :February 19, 2008
Topic :Families and households
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Note

Note: Census family

A census family refers to a married couple (with or without children of either or both spouses), a couple living common-law (with or without children of either or both partners) or a lone parent of any marital status, with at least one child living in the same dwelling. A couple may be of opposite or same sex. 'Children' in a census family include grandchildren living with their grandparent(s) but with no parents present. For additional information, please refer to the 2006 Census Dictionary, catalogue number 92-566-XWE or 92-566-XPE.

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This table details age groups of children at home and census family structure for the census families in private households in 0402.01Footnote 1
Age groups of children at home (15) Census family structure (7)
Total - Census family structure Total couple families Married couple families Common-law couple families Total lone-parent families Female parent families Male parent families
Total - Families by age groups of children at home 2,225 1,830 1,585 245 395 270 125
Total families without children at home 820 815 680 135 0 0 0
Total families with children at home 1,410 1,015 905 105 390 270 120
Total families with children at home 24 years and under 1,250 925 815 110 330 225 100
All 18 years and over 220 130 110 20 80 45 40
Some 18 years and over and some 17 years and under 135 90 90 0 45 45 0
All 17 years and under 895 695 615 85 195 135 60
All under 6 years 200 175 135 40 25 20 0
All 6 to 14 years 290 165 145 20 120 75 50
All 15 to 17 years 110 95 90 10 15 15 0
Some under 6 years and some 6 to 14 years 145 130 125 10 10 15 0
Some under 6 years and some 15 to 17 years 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 125 105 85 15 25 15 10
Some under 6 years, some 6 to 14 years and some 15 to 17 years 15 15 15 0 0 0 0
Total families with all children at home 25 years and over 160 90 90 0 70 45 20

Footnotes

Footnote 1

Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 97-553-XCB2006021.

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