Table 1.
Household characteristics by survey cycle for 6800 households in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2011–2012 and 2017–2018
| 2011–2012 survey cycle, % (95% CI) |
2017–2018 survey cycle, % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Main source of household income | ||
| Employment income | 64.3 (62.3, 66.3)e | 59.6 (57.6, 61.7)e |
| Employment insurance/workers’ compensation | 2.5 (1.9, 3.2) | 2.8 (2.1,3.6) |
| Pensions/retirement savingsa | 23.3 (21.5, 25.2)e | 27.6 (25.7, 29.5)e |
| Social assistance | 4.2 (3.1, 5.6) | 3.8 (2.9,5.0) |
| Other incomeb or none/not statedc | 5.8 (4.9, 7.0) | 6.3 (5.3,7.4) |
| Highest level of education in household | ||
| Less than secondary school | 14.0 (12.6,15.6) | 11.8 (10.6,13.1) |
| Secondary school completed | 15.1 (13.6,16.8) | 15.0 (13.5,16.7) |
| Post-secondary completed (less than Bachelors’) | 50.1 (47.9, 52.3) | 49.4 (46.8,52.0) |
| Bachelors’ degree or higher | 20.7 (18.8, 22.9) | 23.8 (21.5,26.3) |
| Household compositiond | ||
| Unattached individual/lone parent with children ≥ 18 | 28.5 (26.9, 30.1)e | 31.5 (30.6, 32.8)e |
| Couple without children < 18/Other household types | 42.8 (40.8, 44.8) | 43.3 (41.6, 45.0) |
| Couple with children < 18 | 22.8 (21.4, 24.2)e | 19.4 (18.1, 20.8)e |
| Lone parent with children < 18 | 6.0 (4.8,7.5) | 5.7 (4.7, 7.0) |
| Housing tenure | ||
| Dwelling owned/not stated | 78.4 (75.6, 81.0) | 77.3 (75.0, 79.4) |
| Dwelling rented | 21.6 (19.0, 24.4) | 22.7 (20.6, 25.0) |
| Respondent’s Indigenous status | ||
| Non-Indigenous/not stated | 90.6 (89.3, 91.7) | 90.3 (88.7, 91.7) |
| Indigenous | 9.4 (8.3, 10.7) | 9.7 (8.3, 11.3) |
| Respondent’s immigration status | ||
| Canadian-born/not stated | 97.8 (97.1, 98.3) | 96.6 (95.5, 97.4) |
| Immigrant | 2.2 (1.7, 2.9) | 3.5 (2.7, 4.5) |
| Before-tax household income | ||
| > Low Income Measure | 63.2 (60.9, 65.4)e | 71.4 (69.1, 73.5)e |
| ≤ Low Income Measure | 36.8 (34.7, 39.1)e | 28.6 (26.5, 30.9)e |
aPensions/retirement savings includes dividends/interest, Canada/Quebec Pension Plan, job-related retirement pensions, RRSP/RRIF, Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement
bOther income includes child tax benefits, child support, alimony, rental income, and scholarships
cThe proportions of missing observations (i.e., not stated) could not be presented separately due to disclosure risk
dAll categories include households with others (i.e., denoting relationships other than parent, child, or partner) present
eIndicates that 95% confidence intervals did not overlap and therefore the difference between survey cycles is statistically significant