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Table 5
Impacts of change: Young adults (aged 20 to 29), 2008

	Finances†	Employment	Education	Living arrangements	Parenting or childcare
	Change of greatest impact
	percentage
Perception of change
Negative	x	x	x	13^E	x
Neither positive nor negative	x	x	x	16^E	x
Positive	72	83	92*	71	91*
Contacts gained or lost due to change¹
Gained	44	72*	69*	62	54
Lost	20	44*	39*	46*	21^E
Financial situation due to change
Worse	16^E	20^E	33*	17^E	39*
Same	17^E	13^E	31	37*	46*
Better	67	67	36*	46*	15^E*
Employment situation due to change
Worse	9^E	14^E	11^E	x	17^E
Same	29	12^E*	39	50*	66*
Better	62	75*	50	x	17^E*
Physical health due to change
Worse	11^E	18^E	x	x	15^E
Same	66	50	68	69	73*
Better	23	32	x	x	13^E*
Mental health due to change
Worse	13^E	12^E	x	11^E	12^E
Same	52	47	58	55	65
Better	35	41	x	33	23^E
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05
1. Respondents could report both a gain and a loss in social contacts due to the change of greatest impact.
Notes: This table includes respondents aged 20 to 29 who experienced at least one major change in the last 12 months.
Due to rounding, percentage totals may not add up to 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.