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Table 1 Characteristics of families with at least one child less than 12 years old who did and did not claim the child care expense deduction

From: Correction to: Uptake of the child care expense deduction: exploring factors associated with the use of the child care expense deduction among families with a child under 12 years

 

Families with a child less than 12

Claimed child care expense deduction

Did not claim child care expense deduction

Chi square

N

3,786

933

2,853

 

Weighted N

2,847,738

690,885

2,156,853

 

Weighted percent

100.00

24.26

75.74

 

Demographics

    

 Family composition

   

25.36*

  Two-parent household

85.93

22.48

77.52

 

  Lone-parent household

14.07

35.15

64.85

 

 Highest education in household

   

31.26*

  Bachelor’s degree or higher

46.06

28.88

71.12

 

  Less than a Bachelor’s degree

53.94

20.42

79.58

 

 Adjusted family income quartiles

   

19.13*

  Lowest income quartile 1

17.93

13.59

86.41

 

  Income quartile 2

28.50

21.29

78.71

 

  Income quartile 3

25.96

29.54

70.46

 

  Highest income quartile 4

27.62

28.60

71.40

 

 Family Indigenous status1

   

9.16*

  At least one parent Indigenous

5.22

16.12E

83.88

 

  No parent Indigenous

94.78

24.69

75.31

 

 Family visible minority status

   

4.03*

  Lone or both parents visible minority

15.92

19.95

80.05

 

  One parent visible minority,

other parent non-visible minority

5.88

19.58E

80.42

 

  Lone or neither parent visible minority

78.20

25.49

74.51

 

 Family immigrant status

   

3.50*

  Lone or both parents immigrants

19.36

20.42

79.58

 

  One parent immigrant,

one parent Canadian born

10.77

22.40

77.60

 

  Lone or both parents Canadian born

69.87

25.64

74.36

 

 Area of residence

   

14.07*

  Urban

81.73

25.43

74.57

 

  Rural

18.27

19.02

80.98

 

 Province

   

9.44*

  NL

1.34

13.83 E

86.17

 

  PE

0.38

28.07 E

71.93

 

  NS

2.43

21.95

78.05

 

  NB

2.06

28.11

71.89

 

  QC

23.33

36.1

63.89

 

  ON

37.57

20.65

79.35

 

  MB

3.31

23.70

76.30

 

  SK

2.97

17.88

82.12

 

  AB

12.96

19.07

80.93

 

  BC

13.66

21.15

78.85

 

Children in household

    

 Total number of children

   

4.65*

  1

33.71

25.79

74.21

 

  2

45.15

25.06

74.94

 

  3+

21.13

20.11

79.89

 

 Total Number of Children under 12

   

1.90

  1

48.95

24.52

75.48

 

  2

39.60

25.05

74.95

 

  3+

11.45

20.43

79.57

 

 At least one Child under 6

   

0.06

  Yes

62.46

24.11

75.89

 

  No

37.54

24.52

75.48

 

 Additional child 12-18 potential to

supervise

   

7.30*

  Yes

21.47

20.55

79.45

 

  No

78.53

25.28

74.72

 

Family work characteristics

    

 Family work/in school

   

207.59*

  Lone or both parents work/in school

76.99

29.38

70.62

 

  At least one parent no work/in school

23.01

7.14

92.86

 

 Family work schedule

   

117.94*

  Lone or both parents standard work

43.70

34.44

65.56

 

  One parent standard work,

one parent non-standard work

30.93

23.89

76.11

 

  At least one parent not working

25.37

7.66

92.34

 

 Family work hours

   

124.29*

  Lone or both parents working 30+ hrs

52.01

34.92

65.08

 

  Lone or one parent working <30 hrs,

one parent <30 or 30+ hrs

20.19

22.58

77.42

 

  At least one parent not working

27.80

7.66

92.34

 
  1. Source: General Social Survey 2011 linked to T1FF
  2. E Use with caution
  3. F Too unreliable to be published
  4. XSupressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
  5. *p<0.05
  6. 1Indigenous Identity of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit also considered; however, sample
  7. too small to report