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Selected Statistics on
Canadian Families and
Family Law:
Second Edition
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Prepared by:
Research Unit
Family, Children and Youth Section
Department of Justice Canada
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Average Annual Income by Family Type,
1993-1997
Table 2: Families and Poverty (1996)
Table 3: Number and Rate of Marriages and Divorces,
Canada and Provinces/Territories, 1997
Table 4: Distribution of Children According
to Whether a Court Order for Custody Exists, by Type of Broken Union and Time
Elapsed Since Separation-NLSCY, Cycle 1, 1994-1995
Table 5: Court-Ordered Custody Arrangement, According
to
the Age of the Child at Separation and the Type of Broken Union-NLSCY, Cycle
1, 1994-1995
Table 6: Living Arrangements at Time of Separation
for Children of Broken Families-NLSCY, Cycle 1, 1994-1995
Table 7: Type of Contact Maintained With Either
Parent at Time of Separation by Type of Union-NLSCY, Cycle 1, 1994-1995
Table 8: Type of Support Agreement According
to Type of Broken Union-NLSCY, Cycle 1, 1994-1995
Table 9: Type of Support Agreement and Regularity
of Payments, According to Type of Broken Union-NLSCY, Cycle 1, 1994-1995
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Family Type as a Proportion of
all Families (1996)
Figure 2: Families with Children by Family
Type (1986-1996)
Figure 3: Family Type at Birth for
Various Cohorts of Children
Figure 4: Marital Status of Male and Female
Lone Parents (1991)
Figure 5: Proportion of Children in Private
Households by Family Type (1996)
Figure 6: Poverty Rates by Family Type,
1996
Figure 7: Marriage and Divorce Rates in
Canada, 1967-1997
Figure 8: Median Age at Time of Divorce,
1993-1997
Figure 9: Canadian Children Born to a Lone-Parent
or Who Have Experienced the Separation of Their Parents, Various Birth Cohorts
Figure 10: Canadian Children Born in a
Two-Parent Family Who Have Experienced Their Parents' Separation, According
to Type of Parents' Union, 1983-1984 Cohorts- NLSCY 1994-1995
Figure 11: Distribution of Children Aged
0-11 and of Children From Broken Families, According to Type of Parents' Union-
Canada-NLSCY 1994-1995
Figure 12: Percentage of Children From
Broken Marriages Who Have Not Yet Witnessed Their Parents' Divorce,
According to Time Elapsed Since Separation-NLSCY 1994-1995 (Life Table Estimates)
Figure 13: Type of Custody Arrangements
Figure 14: Type of Contact Maintained
with Either Parent at Time of Separation NLSCY 1994-1995
Figure 15: Type of Contact Maintained with
Father at the Time of Survey, According to Time Elapsed Since Separation -
NLSCY 1994-1995
Figure 16: Number of People Who Reported
Paying or Receiving Support, 1986-1996
Figure 17: Total Amount of Alimony by Number
of Payers and Recipients, Canada 1995
Figure 18: Income Ranges of Payers and
Recipients, 1995
Figure 19: Sources of Income, 1995
Figure 20: Government Transfers as a Source
of Income, for Payers and Recipients, Canada, 1995
Figure 21: Visiting Patterns with Father,
for Children Living with Mother at Time of Separation, According to Regularity
of Child Support Payments-NLSCY, Cycle 1, 1994-1995
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