Table A.1
Selected characteristics of non-retired adults aged 45 to 64, by bankruptcy experience, 2007
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| Experienced bankruptcy1 | Never bankrupt† | |
|---|---|---|
| percentage | ||
| Demographic and socio-economic characteristics | ||
| Educational attainment | ||
| University | 12* | 29 |
| College | 29 | 29 |
| Some postsecondary | 14* | 11 |
| High school | 19 | 17 |
| Less than high school | 25* | 14 |
| Current legal marital status | ||
| Married | 51* | 68 |
| Common-law | 15* | 10 |
| Widowed | F | 2 |
| Divorced, separated | 24* | 12 |
| Single | 8 | 8 |
| Experienced marital dissolution | ||
| Never | 44* | 71 |
| Divorced, separated | 53* | 27 |
| Widowed | F | 3 |
| Long-term activity limitation | ||
| Yes | 25* | 14 |
| Income and employment characteristics | ||
| Number of jobs held in working life | ||
| None | F | 3 |
| 1 to 5 jobs | 65* | 75 |
| More than 5 jobs | 33* | 22 |
| Main activity in previous 12 months | ||
| Employed | 78* | 84 |
| Unemployed (looking for work) | F | 2 |
| In the household | F | 7 |
| Long-term illness | 13* | 5 |
| Other | F | 2 |
| Current occupation (employed only) | ||
| Management; professional; technologists, technicians and technical | 27* | 42 |
| Clerical and sales and services | 44* | 35 |
| Trades, transport and equipment and related; primary industries; processing, manufacturing and utilities | 28* | 23 |
| Pension from current or previous employment | ||
| Yes | 37* | 47 |
| Median personal income | ||
| Below median ($0 to $42,999) | 67* | 48 |
| Median or above ($43,000 or more) | 33* | 52 |
| Main source of personal income | ||
| No personal income | F | 3 |
| Employment | 77* | 85 |
| Private pension plan and investments | 7* | 5 |
| Transfer payments | 8* | 4 |
| Other (includes child support, scholarships, etc) | 5E | 3 |
| Household income | ||
| Under $50,000 | 61* | 37 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 | 26 | 29 |
| $100,000 or more | 13* | 34 |
| Number of other persons in the household with income | ||
| Nobody else | 29* | 19 |
| One or more other people | 71* | 81 |
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† reference group * statistically significant from reference group at p < 0.05 1. Experienced at least one bankruptcy since the age of 25. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2007. |
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