Employment rates of women aged 25 to 54 by marital status, 1976 to 2015
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Years | Single, never married | Married/common-law | Separated, divorced or widowed |
---|---|---|---|
percent | |||
1976 | 79.4 | 44.6 | 59.2 |
1977 | 78.6 | 45.6 | 60.4 |
1978 | 79.1 | 48.1 | 59.1 |
1979 | 79.3 | 50.1 | 61.2 |
1980 | 79.6 | 52.4 | 63.3 |
1981 | 79.7 | 54.8 | 65.0 |
1982 | 77.7 | 54.5 | 63.0 |
1983 | 77.5 | 55.9 | 61.0 |
1984 | 76.8 | 57.3 | 62.2 |
1985 | 77.2 | 59.6 | 63.9 |
1986 | 77.4 | 62.1 | 63.6 |
1987 | 77.8 | 63.4 | 65.3 |
1988 | 78.0 | 65.8 | 66.7 |
1989 | 78.2 | 67.4 | 68.0 |
1990 | 78.3 | 68.5 | 68.1 |
1991 | 75.2 | 68.4 | 66.0 |
1992 | 74.2 | 67.8 | 64.8 |
1993 | 70.9 | 68.5 | 62.2 |
1994 | 71.7 | 68.7 | 64.3 |
1995 | 71.8 | 69.7 | 64.7 |
1996 | 72.3 | 69.6 | 66.0 |
1997 | 73.2 | 71.0 | 67.7 |
1998 | 74.5 | 72.2 | 69.2 |
1999 | 75.6 | 73.1 | 70.8 |
2000 | 76.7 | 73.6 | 72.1 |
2001 | 76.5 | 73.9 | 73.7 |
2002 | 76.6 | 75.1 | 75.1 |
2003 | 77.4 | 75.6 | 76.7 |
2004 | 78.5 | 76.3 | 77.0 |
2005 | 78.2 | 76.2 | 76.1 |
2006 | 77.8 | 76.7 | 77.4 |
2007 | 78.9 | 78.1 | 77.9 |
2008 | 78.8 | 77.8 | 77.8 |
2009 | 77.3 | 77.1 | 76.5 |
2010 | 76.6 | 77.1 | 77.4 |
2011 | 76.1 | 77.6 | 76.5 |
2012 | 76.4 | 78.3 | 76.3 |
2013 | 77.3 | 78.3 | 78.0 |
2014 | 75.9 | 77.9 | 76.9 |
2015 | 75.8 | 78.1 | 77.5 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, custom tabulations. |
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