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Chart 9 Average usual weekly work hours of people aged 25 to 54, by sex and presence of children in the household, Canada, 1976 to 2016

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Chart 9 Average usual weekly work hours of people aged 25 to 54, by sex and presence of children in the household, Canada, 1976 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Chart 9 Average usual weekly work hours of people aged 25 to 54. The information is grouped by Years (appearing as row headers), Total, Men with children, Men without children, Women with children and Women without children, calculated using hours units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Years	Total	Men with children	Men without children	Women with children	Women without children
Years	hours
1976	40.4	44.2	42.4	32.9	37.2
1977	40.1	43.9	42.3	32.6	37.1
1978	40.2	44.1	42.3	32.8	37.1
1979	40.2	44.1	42.7	32.6	37.3
1980	39.9	44.0	42.4	32.4	37.2
1981	39.8	44.1	42.4	32.4	37.1
1982	39.5	43.7	42.0	32.4	37.0
1983	39.4	43.9	42.0	32.2	37.1
1984	39.6	44.0	42.0	32.7	37.1
1985	39.6	44.0	42.4	32.7	36.9
1986	39.6	44.1	42.3	33.0	37.1
1987	39.8	44.3	42.5	33.3	37.4
1988	39.9	44.5	42.7	33.3	37.5
1989	39.9	44.3	42.7	33.6	37.7
1990	39.9	44.4	42.4	33.7	37.7
1991	39.5	44.1	42.0	33.4	37.7
1992	39.5	44.2	42.0	33.4	37.4
1993	39.5	44.3	42.0	33.6	37.2
1994	39.7	44.5	42.2	33.7	37.3
1995	39.6	44.3	42.1	33.9	37.2
1996	39.5	44.2	42.1	33.7	37.2
1997	39.0	43.6	41.6	33.5	36.5
1998	39.1	43.5	41.7	33.7	36.5
1999	39.1	43.4	41.6	33.8	36.7
2000	39.0	43.1	41.4	34.1	36.8
2001	38.9	42.9	41.3	34.2	36.6
2002	38.7	42.7	41.1	34.2	36.5
2003	38.7	42.7	41.0	34.1	36.6
2004	38.9	43.0	41.2	34.5	36.6
2005	39.0	42.9	41.2	34.5	36.7
2006	39.0	42.9	41.3	34.7	36.7
2007	39.1	42.8	41.4	34.9	36.9
2008	38.9	42.5	41.1	34.8	36.8
2009	38.5	42.2	40.6	34.6	36.5
2010	38.4	42.1	40.5	34.5	36.3
2011	38.5	42.1	40.5	34.7	36.4
2012	38.6	42.2	40.6	34.7	36.5
2013	38.5	42.0	40.6	34.8	36.5
2014	38.5	42.0	40.4	34.8	36.4
2015	38.4	41.8	40.3	34.8	36.4
2016	38.4	41.7	40.3	34.9	36.4
Source: Labour Force Survey, custom tabulations.

Date modified:: 2017-12-01