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Table 4
Family status of the Jamaican community and overall population aged 15 and over, by sex, 2001
| Jamaican community | Total Canadian population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| percentage | ||||||
| Married | 38.8 | 29.9 | 33.8 | 51.0 | 48.3 | 49.6 |
| Living common-law | 8.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
| Lone parent | 4.0 | 25.4 | 16.1 | 2.1 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
| Child living at home | 29.4 | 20.0 | 24.1 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 16.4 |
| Living with relatives | 3.2 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| Living with non-relatives | 6.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| Living alone | 9.9 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 12.5 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada. | ||||||
