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2011 National Household Survey: Data tables
Economic Family Income in 2010 (33), Economic Family Structure (11) and Selected Economic Family Characteristics (16) for the Economic Families in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey
About this variable: Structure of the economic family (11)
Definition
Economic family structure
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the classification of economic families as couple families, lone-parent families or other economic families.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the classification of economic families as couple families, lone-parent families or other economic families.
Couple families - Those in which a member of either a married or common-law couple is the economic family reference person.
Lone-parent families - Those in which either a male or female lone parent is the economic family reference person.
Other economic families - Those in which the economic family reference person has other relatives but does not have a married spouse or common-law partner or a child in their census family.
Values
- Total - Economic family structure Footnote 1
- Couple family
- Couple only
- Couple with children
- Couple with other relatives only
- Lone-parent family
- Female-parent family
- Female-parent family with no other relatives
- Male-parent family
- Male-parent family with no other relatives
- Other economic family Footnote 11
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Economic family structure - Refers to the classification of economic families as couple families, lone-parent families or other economic families.
Couple families - Those in which a member of either a married or common-law couple is the economic family reference person.
Lone-parent families - Those in which either a male or female lone parent is the economic family reference person.
Other economic families - Those in which the economic family reference person has other relatives but does not have a married spouse or common-law partner or a child in their census family. - Footnote 11
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This category includes economic families where the reference person does not have a spouse or partner, nor a child in the family, only other relatives.
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