Table 1
Profile of late baby boomers and Generations X and Y at ages 20 to 29

Table 1
Profile of late baby boomers and Generations X and Y at ages 20 to 29
Table summary
This table displays the results of Profile of late baby boomers and Generations X and Y at ages 20 to 29. This information is grouped by Late baby boomers (born 1957 to 1966), Generation X (born 1969 to 1978), and Generation Y (born 1981 to 1990),(appearing as column headers), calculated using population (by the thousands) and percentage as a units of measure.
	Late baby boomers (born 1957 to 1966)	Generation X (born 1969 to 1978)	Generation Y (born 1981 to 1990)
	thousands
Total population	4,552	4,186	4,663
	percentage
Sex
Men	51	50	51
Women	49	50	49
Age
20 to 24 years	50	48	49
25 to 29 years	50	52	51
Marital status
Married/common-law	48	37	33
Single	50	61	67
Other	F	F	F
Has children	29	22	19
Employment rate
Both sexes	73	72	74
Men	78	76	75
Women	68	69	72
Student
Both sexes	15	18	19
Men	16	20	19
Women	13	17	20
Lives at home with one or both parents
All ages (20 to 29 years)	28	31	51
20 to 24 years	43	46	73
25 to 29 years	12	17	30
Immigrant	11	16	18
Reports no religion	14	25	35
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey and Labour Force Survey, 1986, 1998 and 2010.

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