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General Social Survey - Cycle 20: Family Transitions Survey
- 89-625-XWE
Navigating Family Transitions: Evidence from the General Social Survey

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Tables and Charts

Tables

Table 1 Parents consider nutrition for the health of the mother and child very important

Table 2 Financial and employment factors are among the most frequent reasons reported for not taking leave for the birth or adoption of a child

Table 3 A majority of parents returned to work for financial reasons

Table 4 Persons going through common-law separations are younger and less likely to have children

Table 5 Older common-law partners much more likely to have experienced previous break-up than their counterparts leaving a marriage

Table 6 Nearly 6 in 10 use formal services to navigate break-up

Table 7 Persons leaving common-law relationships less likely to use services

Table 8 Regions differ in use of social support services: highest proportion of users in British Columbia, lowest proportion in Quebec

Table 9 Persons under 30 and those with less than a high school diploma are less likely to use services

Table 10 Those with dependent children are more likely to use services

Table 11 Financial arrangements for children are the most likely to involve legal system

Charts

Chart 1 Since 2001, parents are increasingly using formal support services during a pregnancy or after the birth or the adoption of child

Chart 2 The proportion of fathers who took leave after the arrival of a child has increased since 2001

Chart 3 The large majority of mothers take maternity leave, while fathers take annual or parental leave

Chart 4 Most fathers returned to work less than one month after the (youngest) child's arrival

Chart 5 The transition between leave and returning to work: more stressful for mothers

Chart 6 Quebec is distinguished by a larger proportion of persons experiencing common-law break-ups