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Table 1 Long-term family work patterns

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  Two-adult families Annual work hours
%
Two not working 4.4 0
One not working, one low hours 5.8 900
Two low hours 10.2 2,200
One not working, one standard 5.3 1,900
One not working, one long hours 3.7 2,500
One low hours, one standard 25.6 3,100
One low hours, one long hours 17.3 3,500
Two standard 13.7 3,900
One standard, one long hours 10.9 4,400
Two long hours 3.2 5,000
Note: ‘Standard' includes high-low individuals.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, longitudinal panels 1996 to 2001, 1999 to 2004, and 2002 to 2007.