Table 2
Debt-to-pre-tax income ratio of Canadians, by age and family type, 2009

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  Age of respondent
19 to 64 19 to 34 35 to 49 50 to 64
percentage
All family types 161 174 171 131
Couple family, no children under 25 136* 148* 137* 128
Couple family, youngest child 0 to 24† 170 180 178 125
Single parent family, youngest child 0 to 24 227* 197 254* 181*
Other families 161 176E 108* 131
Unattached individual 157 209E 142* 137
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05
Note: These figures are not strictly comparable with National Accounts estimates as they use different measures of debt and income.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Financial Capability Survey, 2009.