FMST 238 Lecture 2: FMST 238 lecture 2.pdf
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Since then divorce rate has stayed the same. Designed to provide info about people in canada by their demographic and social characteristics. Basis for population estimates for provinces, territories, and municipalities. Used to determine the distribution of federal transfer payments to the provinces and territories. Provides information to data users in private sector. Conceptual changes to the census portrait of families. 1981: first year data are available for common- law unions. 2001: same- sex common- law couples are first counted. 2006: same- sex married couples are first counted, following the legalization of same- sex marriage (in 2005 for canada) 2011: couples with children can be classified as intact families or stepfamilies. Couple may be of opposite or same sex. Refers to ethnic or cultural origins of respondent"s ancestors. Ethnic origin is aspect of nations ethnocultural diversity. Ethnocultural make- up shaped over time by immigrants and their decendents. Each new wave of immigration has added to nation"s ethnic and cultural composition.
