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Table 6
Distribution (number and percent) of women and men in couples with children by stepfamily status, Canada, 2011

Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution (number and percent) of women and men in couples with children by stepfamily status, Canada, 2011. The information is grouped by In couple with children (appearing as row headers), Women and Men, calculated using thousands and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
In couple with children	Women		Men
In couple with children	thousands	percent	thousands	percent
All parents in couples	4,113.0	100.0	4,105.6	100.0
Parent in intact family^Note 1	3,602.3	87.6	3,598.9	87.7
Parent and/or stepparent in stepfamily	510.8	12.4	506.6	12.3
Parent or stepparent in simple stepfamily	316.4	7.7	313.0	7.6
Parent in simple stepfamily	219.6	5.3	95.1	2.3
Stepparent in simple stepfamily	96.8	2.4	217.9	5.3
Parent and/or stepparent in complex stepfamily	194.3	4.7	193.7	4.7
Parent to common children and own children in complex stepfamily	115.5	2.8	35.0	0.9
Both parent and stepparent in complex stepfamily	78.8	1.9	158.7	3.9
Note 1. Parents with at least one child for whom it cannot be determined if there are stepchildren present are considered intact families. Return to note 1 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2011.

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Date modified:: 2015-11-30