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Table B
Factor weights of socio-economic characteristics, by community size, Canada, 1991
| Characteristic | Canada | Largest census metropolitan areas (CMA) | Other census metropolitan areas (CMA) | Census agglomerations (CA) | Small towns and rural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material deprivation | Social deprivation | Material deprivation | Social deprivation | Material deprivation | Social deprivation | Material deprivation | Social deprivation | Material deprivation | Social deprivation | |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 0.0903 | 0.4415 | 0.0880 | 0.4410 | 0.1066 | 0.4424 | 0.1137 | 0.4316 | 0.0462 | 0.4532 |
| Lone-parent families | -0.0162 | 0.3463 | -0.0909 | 0.2734 | -0.0478 | 0.2887 | 0.0126 | 0.3365 | -0.1005 | 0.3692 |
| Unattached individuals | 0.1009 | 0.4130 | 0.1795 | 0.4834 | 0.2131 | 0.4938 | 0.1640 | 0.4396 | 0.0920 | 0.4091 |
| Employment | -0.3609 | -0.0294 | -0.3205 | -0.0140 | -0.3774 | -0.0906 | -0.4583 | -0.1592 | -0.3660 | 0.0299 |
| Education | 0.4690 | 0.1380 | 0.4728 | 0.2093 | 0.5032 | 0.2118 | 0.4541 | 0.1218 | 0.4058 | 0.0533 |
| Income | -0.4046 | -0.0203 | -0.3865 | -0.0223 | -0.3693 | -0.0048 | -0.3775 | -0.0027 | -0.4100 | -0.0426 |
| Note: Largest CMAs (census metropolitan areas): Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver; other CMAs: population 100,000 or more; CAs (census agglomerations): population 10,000 or more; small towns and rural: population less than 10,000. | ||||||||||
