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Proportion of young adults living with parents, 1996
| | Percent living with parents |
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| Unmarried* | Married* |
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| TOTAL | Age 20-24 | Age 25-29 | Age 30-34 | TOTAL | Age 20-24 | Age 25-29 | Age 30-34 |
| Women | 47% | 67% | 36% | 19% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
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| Men | 56% | 74% | 48% | 32% | 4% | 9% | 5% | 3% |
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*Married includes legal marriages and common-law relationships. Unmarried includes divorced, separated, widowed and never-married. |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Social Trends (Spring 99): "The Crowded Nest: Young adults at home" by Monica Boyd and Doug Norris. Data from the 1996 Census of Population. |
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Example: More than half (56%) of young unmarried men between the ages of 20 and 34 were living with one or both parents in 1996. This proportion declined with age, but even among the 30-34 year old age group, almost a third (32%) of unmarried men were living with a parent. Young women were less likely to be living with their parents than young men. Married people were also more likely to be out of the family home, although one in 11 (9%) married men in their early twenties was living with a parent.
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