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Median weekly caregiving hours longest when caring for a spouse or child

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The title of the graph is "Chart 3 Median weekly caregiving hours longest when caring for a spouse or child."
This is a combined line chart.
There are in total 7 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 16 with ticks every 2 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "Median number of hours per week."
The horizontal axis is "relationship of primary carereceiver to caregiver."
The title of series 1 is "Median number of hours per week."
This series is a column clustered chart.
The minimum value is 2 and it corresponds to "Grandparents and Friend, colleague, neighbour."
The maximum value is 14 and it corresponds to "Spouse."
The title of series 2 is "Median hours (overall)."
This series is a line chart.
The minimum value is 3 and it corresponds to "Spouse, Child, Parents, Parents in-law, Other family member, Grandparents and Friend, colleague, neighbour."
The maximum value is 3 and it corresponds to "Spouse, Child, Parents, Parents in-law, Other family member, Grandparents and Friend, colleague, neighbour."

Data table for chart 3
  Median number of hours per week Median hours (overall)
Spouse 14 3
Child 10 3
Parents 4 3
Parents in-law 3 3
Other family member 3 3
Grandparents 2 3
Friend, colleague, neighbour 2 3
Source:
Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2012.
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