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Classification of child presence any age
This classification was approved as a departmental standard on October 22, 2007.
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With children any age
This class includes families that contain at least one child. To be included, children must live in the same household as the family, without a spouse, common-law partner or one or more of their children living in the same household. In a census family, they may be children by birth, marriage or adoption. In an economic family, foster children are also included.
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Without children any age
This class includes families that do not contain any children. To be included, children must live in the same household as the family, without a spouse, common-law partner or one or more of their children living in the same household. In a census family, they may be children by birth, marriage or adoption. In an economic family, foster children are also included.
