Table 5
Employment rate of women with children by age of youngest child, 1976 to 2009

Table 5
Employment rate of women with children by age of youngest child, 1976 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Employment rate of women with children by age of youngest child. This information begins with the first row header as a category of Year. The following columns are grouped by age groups as series Youngest child less 3, Youngest child aged 3 to 5, Youngest child less than 6, Youngest child aged 6 to 15, Youngest child less than 16, Women under 55 with no children at home appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Year	Youngest child less 3	Youngest child aged 3 to 5	Youngest child less than 6	Youngest child aged 6 to 15	Youngest child less than 16	Women under 55 with no children at home
Year	percentage
1976	27.6	36.8	31.4	46.4	39.1	60.9
1981	39.3	46.7	42.1	56.2	49.3	66.0
1986	49.4	54.5	51.4	61.9	56.7	69.3
1991	54.4	60.1	56.5	69.0	62.8	72.6
1996	57.8	60.5	58.9	69.8	64.5	72.4
2001	61.3	67.0	63.7	75.3	70.1	76.8
2006	64.3	69.4	66.4	78.2	72.9	79.9
2007	65.1	72.6	68.1	79.4	74.3	80.9
2008	64.6	70.3	66.8	80.0	73.8	81.2
2009	64.4	69.7	66.5	78.5	72.9	80.4
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.

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