Table 2
Conjugal characteristics of parents aged 20 to 64, by family type, Canada, 2011

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Table 2
Conjugal characteristics of parents aged 20 to 64, by family type, Canada, 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of conjugal characteristics of parentsaged 20 to 64. The information is grouped by conjugal characteristics of parents (appearing as row headers), type of family, type of stepfamily, intact †, stepfamily, simple † and complex, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Conjugal characteristics of parentsNote 1 Type of family Type of stepfamily
IntactNote † Stepfamily SimpleNote † Complex
percentage
Conjugal status  
Married 86 52Note * 46 57Note *
Common-law union 14 48Note * 54 43Note *
Duration of current union  
5 years or less 14 49Note * 60 39Note *
More than 5 years 86 51Note * 41 61Note *
Total number of conjugal unions experienced (includes marriages and common-law unions)  
One 84 25Note * 17 32Note *
Two 13 53Note * 53 53
Three or more 3 22Note * 30 15Note E: Use with caution Note *
Intend to marry or remarry (parents living common-law only)  
Yes 32 42Note * 37 49
No 44 34Note * 46 20Note E: Use with caution Note *
Do not know 24 24 18Note E: Use with caution Note * 31Note E: Use with caution Note *
Intend to have a child (or another child)Note 2  
Yes 21 15Note * 16 13Note E: Use with caution
No 79 85Note * 84 87
E Use with caution
† Reference group
* Statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05
1 Includes stepparents who have not given birth, fathered or adopted a child with the current spouse.
2 Includes pregnant women.
Sources : Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2011.
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