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1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | |
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age | number of transitions | |||
18 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
19 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
20 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
21 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
22 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
23 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
24 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
25 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
26 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
27 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
28 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
29 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
30 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
31 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
32 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
33 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
34 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
Note: The number of transitions includes five markers: leaving school, leaving home, working full-year full-time, finding a conjugal partner and having children. These markers of adulthood are snapshots taken on the Census reference dates and do not represent completed or irreversible social changes: they simply record the state of transition young adults were in on those dates. Snapshots taken on the Census reference dates and do not represent completed or irreversible social changes: they simply record the state of transition young adults were in on those dates. |
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Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 11-008-XIE. |