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Table 8
Impacts of change: Career and family formation life stage (aged 30 to 44), 2008

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  Change of greatest impact
Finances† Employment Health Parenting or childcare
percentage
Perception of change
Negative 35 16* 51* 8E*
Neither positive nor negative 5E 8E x 5E
Positive 60 76* x 88*
Contacts gained or lost due to change1
Gained 36 66* 34 54*
Lost 25 49* 23 20
Financial situation due to change
Worse 32 24 37 42
Same 13 22* 54* 49*
Better 56 53 10E* 9E*
Employment situation due to change
Worse 16 17 22 13
Same 40 16* 69* 76*
Better 44 67* 9E* 11*
Physical health due to change
Worse 13 14 47* 17
Same 66 54 18E* 72
Better 21 32* 35* 11*
Mental health due to change
Worse 18 15 30* 15
Same 51 40 36* 64*
Better 31 44* 35 21
† reference group
* statistically significantly different from the reference group at p < 0.05
1. Respondents could report both a gain and a loss in social contacts due to the change of greatest impact.
Notes: This table includes respondents aged 30 to 44 who experienced at least one major change in the last 12 months.
Due to rounding, percentage totals may not add up to 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
Date Modified: 2009-06-26

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