Table 2
Descriptive statistics

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Descriptive statistics
Variables Mean Financial strategies
Allocative Pooled Separate
  percent
Total 20.3 56.9 22.9
Gender  
Female 46.8 20.9 57.7 21.4
Male 53.2 19.5 55.9 24.6
Immigrant status  
Male  
Canadian born 76.8 19.5 55.9 24.6
Immigrant 23.2 22.7 60.2 17.1
Female  
Canadian born 77.9 19.7 56.0 24.2
Immigrant 22.1 22.3 59.8 18.0
Marital status  
Common law 10.9 15.1 32.0 52.8
Married 89.1 20.9 59.9 19.2
Duration of actual relation  
Less than 5 years 5.6 15.6 32.0 52.4
5 to 9 years 6.3 13.9 40.7 45.3
10 to 19 years 16.7 19.8 51.8 28.4
More than 20 years 71.4 21.3 61.4 17.3
Family type  
Couple, no children 26.6 17.9 44.5 37.5
Empty nesters 48.3 21.3 62.0 16.6
Couple with children 22.5 20.9 62.1 17.0
Other couples 2.6 18.4 41.7 39.9
Previously married  
No 77.6 20.9 60.4 18.7
Yes 22.4 18.2 44.5 37.3
Education  
Male  
Postsecondary 55.0 18.4 57.6 24.0
No postsecondary 43.0 22.4 56.4 21.2
Unknown 1.5 28.5 42.9 28.6
Female  
Postsecondary 50.0 17.4 56.4 26.1
No postsecondary 48.0 23.1 57.7 19.2
Unknown 1.6 25.6 47.1 27.4
Income  
Male  
No income 1.3 37.9 52.9 9.2
$1 to $19,999 9.6 21.0 56.2 22.8
$20,000 to $39,999 23.0 21.4 55.5 23.1
$40,000 to $59,999 18.2 18.9 55.1 26.0
$60,000 to $100,000 15.8 18.8 56.5 24.7
Greater than $100,000 11.6 16.7 59.6 23.6
Unknown 20.6 21.8 59.2 18.9
Female  
No income 9.6 35.2 58.5 6.3
$1 to $19,999 26.5 22.2 58.4 19.4
$20,000 to $39,999 20.5 18.0 55.4 26.6
$40,000 to $59,999 11.5 14.7 51.1 34.2
$60,000 to $100,000 7.9 12.5 57.5 30.0
Greater than $100,000 5.5 13.5 55.6 31.0
Unknown 18.5 21.0 59.2 19.8
Province  
Rest of Canada 75.0 21.1 59.0 19.9
Quebec 25.0 17.8 50.5 31.7
Language at home  
French 23.5 17.2 50.3 32.5
English 67.0 20.4 58.6 21.1
Other 9.5 27.1 61.3 11.6
Note(s):
There are 9,489 observations in the sample.
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