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Table 8
Impacts of change: Career and family formation life stage (aged 30 to 44), 2008

	Finances†	Employment	Health	Parenting or childcare
	Change of greatest impact
	percentage
Perception of change
Negative	35	16*	51*	8^E*
Neither positive nor negative	5^E	8^E	x	5^E
Positive	60	76*	x	88*
Contacts gained or lost due to change¹
Gained	36	66*	34	54*
Lost	25	49*	23	20
Financial situation due to change
Worse	32	24	37	42
Same	13	22*	54*	49*
Better	56	53	10^E*	9^E*
Employment situation due to change
Worse	16	17	22	13
Same	40	16*	69*	76*
Better	44	67*	9^E*	11*
Physical health due to change
Worse	13	14	47*	17
Same	66	54	18^E*	72
Better	21	32*	35*	11*
Mental health due to change
Worse	18	15	30*	15
Same	51	40	36*	64*
Better	31	44*	35	21
† reference group
* statistically significantly different 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 30 to 44 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.