Table 2
Descriptive statistics
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| 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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