Table 6
Employment rate of women with children by family status and age of youngest child, 1976 to 2009

Table 6
Employment rate of women with children by family status and age of youngest child, 1976 to 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Employment rate of women with children by family status and age of youngest child. This information begins with the first row header as a category of Year. The following columns are grouped by Female lone parents, Women with partners, each listed with the respective age groups as series Youngest child less 3, Youngest child aged 3 to 5, Youngest child aged 6 to 15, Youngest child less than 16, Women under 55 with no children at home appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Year Female lone parents Women with partners
Youngest child less 3 Youngest child aged 3 to 5 Youngest child aged 6 to 15 Youngest child less than 16 Youngest child less 3 Youngest child aged 3 to 5 Youngest child aged 6 to 15 Youngest child less than 16
percentage
1976 27.6 45.1 54.0 48.3 27.6 36.0 45.5 38.3
1981 32.5 51.8 61.5 54.5 39.7 46.0 55.4 48.7
1986 29.8 47.2 60.1 51.7 51.1 55.6 62.2 57.4
1991 30.9 47.5 62.3 52.1 57.0 62.3 70.3 64.5
1996 32.9 46.2 62.6 53.1 61.0 63.3 71.5 66.6
2001 45.5 61.0 73.7 66.5 63.2 68.3 75.7 70.9
2006 46.3 66.2 76.6 69.9 66.5 70.1 78.6 73.6
2007 49.8 68.1 76.9 70.8 67.0 73.5 80.0 75.0
2008 49.1 65.6 77.9 70.6 66.3 71.2 80.5 74.5
2009 45.9 66.0 75.7 68.9 66.5 70.5 79.2 73.8
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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