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Table
Spousal retirement transitions of the 2001 cohort varied considerably

  Dual-earner couples
(%)
Husband 2 to 4 years later 10.9
Husband 5 or more years later 17.0
Second spouse in same or following year 29.1
Wife 5 or more years later 28.1
Wife 2 to 4 years later 14.8
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Database.