Table 1 
Proportion of women aged 20 to 49 without children, by age group and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2024 

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Proportion of women aged 20 to 49 without children, by age group and selected sociodemographic characteristics, 2024
  20 to 49 years 20 to 29 years 30 to 39 years 40 to 49 years
  %%%%
Total 51.5 88.5 43.2 23.6
Highest level of education        
1- Non-university 50.7 85.0* 37.0* 24.1
2- University (ref.) 52.5 94.4 48.6 23.1
Employment status        
1- Employed 53.0* 91.9* 46.5* 23.6
2- Unemployed (ref.) 45.4 77.3 29.5 23.6
Relationship status        
1- Married 22.5* 60.9* 22.9* 13.5*
2- Living common law 55.4* 78.1* 52.0* 27.6*
2- Living apart together 83.9* 96.7 78.8E* 38.0E*
4- Previously in a couple, but not currently 35.2* 79.7E* 37.8* 22.9*
5- Never in a couple relationship (ref.) 94.5 98.4 91.1 80.0
Landed immigrant status        
1- Born in Canada 52.8* 89.5 44.1 24.9
2- Landed immigrant (ref.) 44.6 87.1 40.4 20.8
3- Temporary resident 64.9E* F F F
Population group1        
1- Racialized (ref.) 53.0 87.2 43.9 23.5
2- Non-racialized and non-Indigenous2 50.8 89.3 43.6 24.0
Religious activities        
1- Practising 47.0* 88.9 35.9* 18.8*
2- Non-practising (ref.) 54.9 88.1 48.7 27.4
E
use with caution
F
too unreliable to be published
*
significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
Source(s):
Survey on Family Transitions (4501), weighted percentages.

Table note 1

Data on "racialized groups" are derived from the "visible minority" variable.

Table note 2

For the purposes of this release, Indigenous women are not included in the analysis. Therefore, the numbers presented in the table do not correspond to the total population.
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