Table 10.4
Hours spent, in the past week, providing unpaid care or assistance to seniors outside the household, by age group and sex, Ontario, 2008

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Age group and hours spent Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 10,486 100.0 5,149 100.0 5,337 100.0
No hours spent 8,998 85.8 4,490 87.2 4,508 84.5
Less than 5 hours spent 1,039 9.9 468 9.1 571 10.7
5 hours or more spent 449 4.3 191 3.7 259 4.9
15 to 44 5,426 100.0 2,722 100.0 2,704 100.0
No hours spent 4,863 89.6 2,459 90.3 2,404 88.9
Less than 5 hours spent 417 7.7 197 7.2 220 8.1
5 hours or more spent 146 2.7 66E 2.4E 80E 3.0E
45 to 64 3,439 100.0 1,698 100.0 1,741 100.0
No hours spent 2,736 79.6 1,415 83.3 1,321 75.9
Less than 5 hours spent 469 13.6 194 11.4 275 15.8
5 hours or more spent 234 6.8 90 5.3 144 8.3
65 and over 1,621 100.0 729 100.0 892 100.0
No hours spent 1,399 86.3 616 84.5 783 87.8
Less than 5 hours spent 153 9.4 77 10.6 75 8.4
5 hours or more spent 70 4.3 36E 4.9E 34E 3.8E
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category will differ from the total due to rounding.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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