Quiz 1: Stats and Chapter 1

Question 1

Traditional families make up ____% of Canadian families

Answer 1

35%

Question 2

% unmarried?

Answer 2

51.5% (highest rate yet! more cohabitation)

Question 3

% of young adults (20-29) live with their parents?

Answer 3

42.3%, more males

Question 4

single parent families?

Answer 4

headed by dads has risen twice as much as women, but women still more so
20% of solo parents are dads

Question 5

% of households with only 1 person?

Answer 5

27.6% (sharp increase)

Question 6

% of seniors living alone?

Answer 6

25% (1 in 4), 2x more women

Question 7

% of couples with no children?

Answer 7

44.5%

Question 8

% of Canadians that feel traditional family is ideal?

Answer 8

58%

Question 9

average age of marriage for men?

Answer 9

31.1 (an increase from 2008)

Question 10

average age of marriage for women?

Answer 10

29.1 (an increase from 2008)

Question 11

mixed race couples in Canada?

Answer 11

increased by 33% in 2001-2006 with the highest number being in Vancouver (8.5% of all couples)

-of the mixed couples, 86% have a partner who is not a visible minority (even though visible minority populations grew 27%)

Question 12

which province has the highest rate of inter-racial couples?

Answer 12

British Columbia with 6%

Question 13

average age of first time mothers?

Answer 13

29.6

Question 14

% of mothers giving birth after 30?

Answer 14

51%

Question 15

fertility rate? (aka number of children per woman in her lifetime)

Answer 15

1.6

Question 16

teen pregnancy rate? (birth rates per 1000)

Answer 16

12.6%

Question 17

% of children under 14 living with at least 1 grandparent?

Answer 17

4.8% (0.5% living in skip generation households)

Question 18

First Nation grandparents raising 2 or more grandkids?

Answer 18

1/3

Question 19

% of young adults (20-29) still living with their parents?

Answer 19

46. 3% (2% with their spouse)

- Asian families are 3x as likely to have adult children at home

Question 20

% of young adults (20-24) in couples?

(25-29)?

Answer 20

(20-24): 16%

(24-29): 45.7%

Question 21

there are more couples without kids than with…

Answer 21

44.5% have no kids, while 39.2% do

Question 22

% of step families with children?

Answer 22

12. 6%
    simple: 7.4%
    complex: 5.2%

Question 23

% of children under 14 in a foster family?

Answer 23

0. 5% live in foster families

- 17k foster households in Canada (highest in Manitoba, NWT, and Nunavut)

Question 24

success rate for first marriages?

Answer 24

67%

Question 25

success rate for second marriages?

Answer 25

10% more likely to end in divorce UNLESS partners are over 40

Question 26

cohabitation rate?

Answer 26

19.4% (highest in Quebec with 35%)

Question 27

same sex couples in 2006 vs. 2011?

Answer 27

2006: 7500 couples (16.5% married)
2011: number of couples has almost tripled (32.5% married)
- 9% have children

Question 28

% of families with a pet?

Answer 28

1/2

Question 29

children living in poverty?

Answer 29

at least 1/10 children

-new Canadian families, Aboriginals, and those with disability are at the greatest risk of living in poverty

Question 30

Canadians caught in a time crunch?

Answer 30

1/5 (more females than males experiencing this)

-20% LESS leisure time than in 1998

Question 31

changing work schedule?

Answer 31

25.2% of working Canadians aged 20-64 work other than regular daytime shifts

Question 32

helicopter parents?

Answer 32

10% report having helicopter parents (mostly girls being helicoptered by their mother)