Sociology 304
March 11, 1999
Statistics on Canadian Incomes and Allocation of Time
Table 1. Mean Income of Families and Unattached Individuals in 1996 Dollars, Selected Years, 1951-1996
|
Year |
Mean Family Income in 1996 Dollars |
Average Family Size |
Mean Income of Unattached Individuals in 1996 Dollars |
|
1951 |
22,743 |
3.8 |
8,776 |
|
1961 |
30,203 |
3.9 |
12,059 |
|
1971 |
44,101 |
3.8 |
18,486 |
|
1981 |
55,042 |
3.3 |
24,617 |
|
1989 |
58,910 |
3.1 |
25,577 |
|
1996 |
56,629 |
3.1 |
24,433 |
Table 2. Incidence of Low Income for Selected Characteristics
|
Characteristic |
1980-1982 |
1987-1989 |
1994-1996 |
|
All Individuals |
16.4% |
15.3% |
17.6% |
|
Children under Age 18 |
17.1% |
16.4% |
20.5% |
|
Elderly, Age 65 and over |
32.3% |
24.5% |
19.6% |
Elderly in Families |
16.3% |
10.6% |
6.9% |
Unattached Elderly |
67.0% |
54.2% |
46.9% |
|
Male Lone Parent Families |
23.4% |
21.0% |
31.4% |
|
Female Lone Parent Families |
56.7% |
55.5% |
58.0% |
Table 3. Incidence of Low Income among Families by Age of Family Head
|
Age of Family Head |
1980-1982 |
1987-1989 |
1994-1996 |
|
24 and under |
23.2% |
29.8% |
43.3% |
|
25-34 |
13.6% |
14.7% |
19.0% |
|
35-44 |
12.0% |
10.9% |
14.5% |
|
45-54 |
10.3% |
7.8% |
10.2% |
|
55-64 |
12.0% |
11.0% |
12.6% |
|
65 years and over |
18.2% |
11.9% |
7.9% |
The source for Tables 1-3 is Statistics Canada, Income Distributions by Size in Canada 1996, Ottawa, Ministry of Industry, 1997, catalogue number 13-207-XPB. From Text Tables I, II, and IV, pp. 25-35, and Table 66, pp. 180-181.
Table 4. Average Time Spent on Activities, Males and Females, Canada, 1992
|
Type of Activity |
All Adults, Minutes per Day |
|
Participants, Minutes per Day |
|
||
|
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
||
|
Paid Work and Related Activities |
270 |
160 |
526 |
457 |
||
|
Household Work |
134 |
248 |
172 |
265 |
||
Cooking, Washing up |
22 |
70 |
45 |
86 |
||
House Cleaning, Laundry |
13 |
65 |
79 |
113 |
||
Maintenance and Repair |
19 |
4 |
165 |
149 |
||
Primary Child Care |
15 |
36 |
94 |
139 |
||
Shopping |
37 |
53 |
109 |
122 |
||
Other |
28 |
19 |
105 |
66 |
||
|
Civic and Voluntary Activity |
23 |
24 |
131 |
129 |
||
|
Education and Related Activities |
35 |
35 |
384 |
351 |
||
|
Sleep, Meals, Personal Activities |
617 |
645 |
617 |
645 |
||
|
Free Time |
360 |
327 |
370 |
338 |
||
|
Total |
1439 |
1439 |
|
|
||
Note: There are 1440 minutes in a day. The middle columns give averages for all survey respondents aged 15 and over, regardless of whether or not they reported the activity. The last two columns give average times spent at the activity for those reporting the activity.
Source: Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.ca:80/english/Pgdb/People/Families/famil36b.htm and /famil36c.htm, February 5, 1999. These data are from the General Social Survey, 1992.
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