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Generation/Age in 2001 at time of survey/years of birth cohort |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at first departure | Generation Y |
Generation X |
Wave 2 Boomers |
Wave 1 Boomers |
War/Depression |
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15 to 19 |
20 to 24 |
25 to 29 |
30 to 34 |
35 to 39 |
40 to 44 |
45 to 49 |
50 to 54 |
55 to 59 |
60 to 64 |
65 to 69 |
|
1982 to 1986 |
1977 to 1981 |
1972 to 1976 |
1967 to 1971 |
1962 to 1966 |
1957 to 1961 |
1952 to 1956 |
1947 to 1951 |
1942 to 1946 |
1937 to 1941 |
1932 to 1936 |
|
Men |
Probabilities | ||||||||||
| 15 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 | 0.7 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
4.8 |
| 17 | 2.7 |
5.1 |
6.1 |
6.5 |
6.9 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
10.2 |
9.6 |
10.4 |
| 18 | 6.5 |
10.1 |
12.4 |
12.6 |
16.6 |
13.5 |
19 |
13.9 |
16.4 |
16.5 |
21.1 |
| 19 | 11.9 |
20.4 |
26.4 |
31.4 |
33.4 |
29 |
37.5 |
27.3 |
30.5 |
27.8 |
33.4 |
| 20 | 28.4 |
37.1 |
43.3 |
44.1 |
41.1 |
49 |
38 |
39.5 |
39.7 |
39.9 |
|
| 21 | 34.7 |
46.3 |
53 |
52.4 |
51.2 |
58.6 |
49.4 |
51.8 |
47.4 |
50.8 |
|
| 22 | 42.2 |
53 |
60 |
61.1 |
58.9 |
65.6 |
60.5 |
60.5 |
55.4 |
60.5 |
|
| 23 | 48.9 |
57.7 |
65.4 |
69.2 |
65 |
72.1 |
70.1 |
69.8 |
64.3 |
67.2 |
|
| 24 | 53.6 |
62.9 |
70.5 |
73.8 |
71.1 |
78.1 |
76.3 |
74.8 |
70.5 |
74.5 |
|
| 25 | 68.1 |
75.2 |
78.3 |
75.8 |
82.8 |
83.3 |
79.3 |
77 |
79.4 |
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| 26 | 71.7 |
78.8 |
83.5 |
80.6 |
86.5 |
87.9 |
85.3 |
83.9 |
84 |
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| 27 | 75.5 |
82.1 |
86.2 |
83.3 |
88 |
90 |
87.3 |
86.9 |
87.3 |
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| 28 | 78 |
85.7 |
88.9 |
86.7 |
89.5 |
91.9 |
89.9 |
88.8 |
91.2 |
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| 29 | 80.7 |
86.9 |
91 |
88.5 |
90.6 |
92.8 |
91.7 |
90.2 |
92.6 |
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| 30 | 88.8 |
91.7 |
89.4 |
91.3 |
93.2 |
92.8 |
91.5 |
93.6 |
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| 31 | 89.9 |
92.4 |
90.5 |
92.8 |
94.1 |
93 |
93.8 |
94.6 |
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| 32 | 90.7 |
93.4 |
91 |
93.2 |
94.2 |
93.7 |
94.5 |
95.2 |
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| 33 | 91.7 |
94.2 |
91.3 |
93.7 |
94.2 |
94.5 |
95.5 |
96.4 |
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| 34 | 92.2 |
94.5 |
91.9 |
94.2 |
94.6 |
95 |
96 |
96.6 |
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| 35 | 94.8 |
92.2 |
94.6 |
94.8 |
95.1 |
97 |
96.6 |
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Women |
Probabilities | ||||||||||
| 15 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 | 1.6 |
1.6 |
4 |
3.1 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
5.4 |
5 |
| 17 | 4.7 |
5.8 |
9 |
7.1 |
9.1 |
8 |
8.7 |
7.9 |
10 |
13.2 |
12.9 |
| 18 | 10 |
14.8 |
19.1 |
17.3 |
20.4 |
18.1 |
20.9 |
18.7 |
21.8 |
21.4 |
23.6 |
| 19 | 16.8 |
28.7 |
37.4 |
38 |
40.1 |
37.3 |
40.9 |
37.9 |
40.1 |
40.4 |
37.3 |
| 20 | 39.5 |
48.8 |
50 |
50.7 |
52 |
54.1 |
50.8 |
48.9 |
54.1 |
47.9 |
|
| 21 | 48.9 |
55.2 |
58.6 |
58.8 |
61.5 |
65.1 |
65.2 |
60.4 |
63 |
58.7 |
|
| 22 | 56 |
62.5 |
66.5 |
67.9 |
72.1 |
74.3 |
76.6 |
71.3 |
72.5 |
70.8 |
|
| 23 | 62 |
68.5 |
73 |
75.4 |
77.9 |
80.8 |
82.6 |
77.6 |
79.4 |
78.9 |
|
| 24 | 64.7 |
73.5 |
77.7 |
80.7 |
82.1 |
85.6 |
86 |
84.3 |
83.9 |
84 |
|
| 25 | 78.3 |
81.3 |
84.2 |
84.9 |
89.5 |
89.3 |
87.4 |
86.8 |
88.9 |
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| 26 | 82.4 |
85.4 |
88.8 |
88.4 |
91.8 |
90.2 |
90.4 |
89.4 |
91.2 |
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| 27 | 86.1 |
88.2 |
90.6 |
89.8 |
93.8 |
91.6 |
91.7 |
90 |
92.9 |
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| 28 | 88.3 |
90.4 |
92 |
90.7 |
94.8 |
92.5 |
93.5 |
91 |
93.5 |
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| 29 | 89.5 |
91.3 |
93.1 |
92.2 |
95.4 |
93.2 |
95 |
92.5 |
94.8 |
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| 30 | 92.3 |
94.4 |
93.1 |
95.7 |
94.4 |
96 |
92.8 |
95.5 |
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| 31 | 93.1 |
94.9 |
94.5 |
95.9 |
95.3 |
96.5 |
94.8 |
96.6 |
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| 32 | 93.9 |
95.1 |
95.2 |
96.4 |
95.7 |
96.6 |
95 |
97 |
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| 33 | 94.5 |
95.4 |
95.3 |
96.7 |
95.9 |
96.8 |
95.5 |
97.2 |
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| 34 | 94.5 |
96.3 |
95.8 |
96.7 |
96.3 |
97.1 |
95.9 |
97.3 |
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| 35 | 96.3 |
95.9 |
96.8 |
96.5 |
97.3 |
96.4 |
97.4 |
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| Source: Statistics Canada, Life tables generated from General Social Survey, 2001. | |||||||||||