Table 7-1
Ordinary least squares regression of social assistance receipt on family characteristics for the 1999 refugee claim cohort — Part 1

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Table 7-1
Ordinary least squares regression of social assistance receipt on family characteristics for the 1999 refugee claim cohort — Part 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Ordinary least squares regression of social assistance receipt on family characteristics for the 1999 refugee claim cohort — Part 1 Regression results, calculated using coefficient and standard error units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Regression results
coefficient standard error
Family type (reference: single male)  
Single female 0.040Note *** 0.008
Lone father 0.102Note *** 0.017
Lone mother 0.194Note *** 0.008
Couple, no child 0.036Note ** 0.012
Couple, one child 0.056Note *** 0.011
Couple, two children 0.083Note *** 0.012
Couple, more than two children 0.171Note *** 0.013
Other family type 0.069Note *** 0.016
Age of oldest family member (reference: 0 to 18 years old)  
19 to 24 years old -0.004 0.025
25 to 34 years old -0.042Note † 0.025
35 to 44 years old -0.038 0.025
45 to 54 years old -0.040 0.025
55 to 64 years old 0.037 0.027
65 years old or above 0.222Note *** 0.028
Work permit held by family member  
Yes -0.096Note *** 0.006
Province or territory of residence (reference: Ontario)  
Newfoundland and Labrador -0.002 0.012
Prince Edward Island Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Nova Scotia -0.023 0.052
New Brunswick -0.108Note † 0.056
Quebec 0.121Note *** 0.006
Manitoba -0.072Note * 0.035
Saskatchewan 0.004 0.025
Alberta -0.159Note *** 0.014
British Columbia -0.066Note *** 0.009
Yukon -0.233Note *** 0.059
Northwest Territories -0.469Note *** 0.055
Unknown -0.276Note *** 0.020
Country of citizenship (reference: People's Republic of China)  
Afghanistan 0.205Note *** 0.018
Bangladesh 0.036 0.031
Colombia 0.002 0.019
Democratic Republic of Congo 0.190Note *** 0.017
People's Republic of the Congo 0.166Note *** 0.038
Cuba 0.052 0.043
Egypt 0.084Note * 0.041
Eritrea 0.371Note *** 0.030
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p<0.01)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p<0.001)

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Note †

significantly different from reference category (p<0.10)

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Note: t+1: one year since start of refugee claim. Nunber of observations: 68,699.
Source: Statistics Canada, Refugee Claimant Database.
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