Chart 6
Proportion of people aged 25 to 54 in couple families by economic arrangement, Canada, 1976 to 2015
Chart 6
Proportion of people aged 25 to 54 in couple families by economic arrangement, Canada, 1976 to 2015
Data table for Chart 6
Data table for Chart 6
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 6. The information is grouped by Years (appearing as row headers), Single-earner-male couple families, Dual-earner couple families and Single-earner-female couple families, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Years
Single-earner-male couple families
Dual-earner couple families
Single-earner-female couple families
percent
1976
42.4
34.6
2.3
1977
40.7
35.2
2.6
1978
38.6
36.8
2.8
1979
37.1
38.4
2.7
1980
35.0
39.8
2.8
1981
32.8
41.3
2.8
1982
31.4
39.4
4.3
1983
29.8
39.8
4.6
1984
28.5
40.6
4.4
1985
27.2
42.2
4.3
1986
25.3
44.3
4.1
1987
24.1
44.7
4.1
1988
22.5
46.7
3.8
1989
21.4
47.6
3.9
1990
20.3
47.7
4.5
1991
19.3
46.5
5.4
1992
19.2
45.2
6.0
1993
18.4
45.3
5.9
1994
18.2
45.5
5.4
1995
17.7
46.6
5.2
1996
17.5
46.0
5.3
1997
16.8
47.0
5.1
1998
16.0
47.7
4.9
1999
15.8
48.1
4.7
2000
15.7
48.7
4.7
2001
15.0
48.0
4.9
2002
14.5
48.3
5.2
2003
14.2
48.5
5.2
2004
13.9
49.2
5.0
2005
13.8
48.7
4.6
2006
13.5
48.7
4.7
2007
12.7
49.4
4.9
2008
13.1
49.7
4.8
2009
12.8
47.8
5.9
2010
13.0
48.2
5.6
2011
12.7
48.3
5.3
2012
12.6
48.4
5.1
2013
12.6
48.9
5.0
2014
12.5
48.7
4.9
2015
12.5
48.4
5.1
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, custom tabulations.
