Table 6
Comparison of social assistance receipt in year t+1 for the 2008 refugee claim cohort by selected family characteristics

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Table 6
Comparison of social assistance receipt in year t+1 for the 2008 refugee claim cohort by selected family characteristics
Table summary
This table displays the results of Comparison of social assistance receipt in year t+1 for the 2008 refugee claim cohort by selected family characteristics Lower-bound estimate, Middle estimate, Upper-bound estimate and Range, calculated using percent and percentage points units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Lower-bound estimate Middle estimate Upper-bound estimate Range
percent percentage points
Family type  
Single male 59.7 76.9 82.0 22.3
Single female 63.4 81.5 85.6 22.2
Lone mother 81.1 91.3 92.3 11.2
Couple, no child 71.9 82.8 85.1 13.2
Couple, one child 78.1 85.4 86.6 8.5
Couple, two children 83.2 88.9 89.6 6.4
Couple, more than two children 85.1 90.2 90.7 5.6
Age of oldest family member  
0 to 18 years old 12.8 80.0 96.8 84.0
19 to 24 years old 61.7 82.3 86.7 25.0
25 to 34 years old 70.0 83.6 86.3 16.3
35 to 44 years old 75.0 83.9 85.6 10.6
45 to 54 years old 74.8 83.4 85.1 10.3
55 to 64 years old 70.1 82.8 85.5 15.4
Work permit held by family member  
Yes 75.7 83.7 85.2 9.5
No 12.4 84.2 97.7 85.3
Province of residence  
Quebec 75.0 87.9 89.6 14.6
Ontario 71.0 85.3 87.7 16.7
Alberta 52.2 58.5 63.0 10.8
British Columbia 53.4 70.2 77.3 23.9
Note: t+1: one year since start of refugee claim.
Source: Statistics Canada, Refugee Claimant Database.
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