Previous standard - census family

Status

This standard was replaced by a new departmental standard on October 22, 2007.

Census family marital structure

Definition

Census family marital structure is defined as the classification of census families by marital arrangements of the spouses or parents. This facilitates analysis where the prime interest is in spousal marital arrangements.

Detailed classification:

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Total census families
-- --
Husband-wife families
-- -- --
Now-married couple families
-- -- -- --
Without child(ren) at home
-- -- -- --
With child(ren) at home
-- -- -- -- --
Intact families
-- -- -- -- --
Step-families
-- -- -- -- -- --
With Child(ren) of female spouse only
-- -- -- -- -- --
With Child(ren) of male spouse only
-- -- -- -- -- --
Blended families
-- -- --
Common-law couple families
-- -- -- --
Without child(ren) at home
-- -- -- --
With child(ren) at home
-- -- -- -- --
Intact families
-- -- -- -- --
Step-families
-- -- -- -- -- --
With Child(ren) of female spouse only
-- -- -- -- -- --
With Child(ren) of male spouse only
-- -- -- -- -- --
Blended families
-- --
Lone-parent families
-- -- --
With female parent
-- -- --
With male parent

Collapsed classification:

--
Total census families
-- --
Husband-wife families
-- -- --
Now-married couple families
-- -- --
Common-law couple families
-- --
Lone-parent families

Census family parental structure

Definition

Census family parental structure is defined as the classification of census families by the presence of children. This facilitates analysis where the prime interest is in the presence or absence of children

Detailed classification:

--
Total census families
-- --
Families with children at home
-- -- --
Husband-wife families
-- -- -- --
Intact families
-- -- -- --
Step families
-- -- -- -- --
With child(ren) of female spouse only
-- -- -- -- --
With child(ren) of male spouse only
-- -- -- -- --
Blended families
-- -- --
Lone-parent families
-- -- -- --
With male parent
-- -- -- --
With female parent
-- --
Families with no children at home (husband-wife families)

Collapsed classification:

--
Total census families
-- --
Families with children at home
-- -- --
Husband-wife families
-- -- --
Lone-parent families
-- -- -- --
With male parent
-- -- -- --
With female parent
-- --
Families with no children at home (husband-wife families)
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