Chart 9
Employment rates of parents aged 25 to 54 with children under the age of 18 by marital status and sex, Canada, 1976 to 2015

Chart 9 Employment rates of parents aged 25 to 54 with children under the age of 18 by marital status and sex, Canada, 1976 to 2015

Data table for Chart 9
Data table for Chart 9
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 9. The information is grouped by Years (appearing as row headers), Lone mothers, Lone fathers, Married mothers, including common-law and Married fathers, including common-law, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Years Lone mothers Lone fathers Married mothers, including common-law Married fathers, including common-law
percent
1976 53.1 86.8 40.2 93.4
1977 55.4 84.9 41.3 92.9
1978 54.6 84.5 43.9 92.8
1979 55.7 83.4 45.9 93.5
1980 58.8 84.4 48.4 92.8
1981 59.7 84.0 51.1 93.0
1982 57.0 80.9 50.6 89.1
1983 54.6 77.6 51.8 88.6
1984 55.8 76.1 53.9 89.0
1985 56.8 77.8 56.2 89.9
1986 55.3 83.8 60.2 91.2
1987 57.8 83.0 60.7 90.8
1988 59.7 79.6 63.1 91.9
1989 60.4 79.3 65.0 91.6
1990 60.8 77.4 65.8 90.6
1991 57.8 74.2 66.2 88.3
1992 55.9 77.1 65.6 86.9
1993 54.2 76.0 66.4 86.8
1994 55.4 71.6 66.9 87.6
1995 55.5 71.4 67.8 88.4
1996 59.8 73.2 69.0 89.4
1997 59.8 75.7 69.6 89.2
1998 61.7 79.9 70.6 89.6
1999 65.3 80.9 71.4 90.4
2000 68.1 79.6 72.2 91.2
2001 70.6 80.7 72.4 90.8
2002 70.8 83.2 73.7 90.3
2003 72.2 84.1 73.7 90.4
2004 72.9 82.6 74.5 91.1
2005 74.9 82.0 75.4 92.3
2006 73.9 85.2 74.9 91.6
2007 75.0 84.9 76.4 91.5
2008 75.1 85.4 75.9 91.7
2009 72.9 82.5 75.1 89.0
2010 73.5 83.2 75.2 89.7
2011 72.6 83.2 75.5 90.4
2012 71.5 83.3 76.0 91.2
2013 72.4 83.1 76.7 91.4
2014 72.2 83.7 75.7 90.9
2015 71.8 83.0 75.8 91.5
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, custom tabulations.
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