Table 2 Logistic regression predicting claimants of the child care expense deduction among families with a child less than 12

Odds ratio

Odds ratio

Odds ratio

Intercept

0.71

0.53

0.66

Family composition

 Two-parent household (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Lone-parent household

3.28*

3.37*

2.64*

Highest Education in Household

 Bachelor’s degree or higher (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Less than a Bachelor’s degree

0.65*

0.66*

0.69*

Adjusted Family Income Quartiles

 Lowest income quartile 1

0.33*

0.33*

0.58*

 Income quartile 2

0.69*

0.68*

0.79

 Income quartile 3

1.04

1.03

1.12

 Highest income quartile 4 (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Family Indigenous status¹

 At least one parent Indigenous

1.19

1.19

0.93

 No parent Indigenous (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Family Visible Minority Status

 Lone or both parents visible minority

0.80

0.80

0.81

 One parent visible minority, other parent non-visible minority

0.74

0.75

0.78

 Lone or neither parent visible minority (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Family Immigrant status

 Lone or both parents immigrants

0.97

0.98

1.11

 One parent immigrant, one parent Canadian-born

1.06

1.06

1.12

 Lone or both parents Canadian-born (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Area of residence

 Rural

0.75*

0.75*

0.76*

 Urban (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Province

 NL

0.27*

0.27*

0.32*

 PE

0.68

0.70

0.75

 NS

0.46*

0.46*

0.52*

 NB

0.64*

0.63*

0.69

 QC (REF)

1.00

1.00

1.00

 ON

0.44*

0.43*

0.49*

 MB

0.58*

0.59*

0.58*

 SK

0.41*

0.41*

0.49*

 AB

0.42*

0.42*

0.48*

 BC

0.41*

0.41*

0.47*

Number of children in the household

 1 (REF)

1.00

1.00

 2

1.08

1.19

 3+

1.13

1.25

Child 12–18 potential to supervise

 No

1.32*

1.49*

 Yes (REF)

1.00

1.00

Family work hours

 Lone or both parents working 30 + h (REF)

1.00

 Lone or one parent working < 30 h, one parent working < 30 or 30+ h

0.67*

 At least one parent not working

0.20*