Family Breakdown and Poverty

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Endnotes

  1. Finnie, R. and Sweetman, A. (2003). Poverty dynamics: empirical evidence for Canada. Canadian Journal of Economics, 36 (2), p. 306.
  2. Statistics Canada. (2006). 2006 Census
  3. Ibid.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Human Resources Social Development Canada welfare data with calculations by authors.
  7. 2006 Census and HRSDC statistics with calculations by authors
  8. 2006 Census with calculations by authors
  9. Osborne, C., Manning, W.D., Smock, P.M. (2007, December) Married and cohabiting parents’ relationship stability: A focus on race and ethnicity. Journal of Marriage and Family vol. 69, no 5, p.1345.
  10. Ambert, A-M. (2005). Divorce: Facts, Causes and Consequences.Ottawa: Vanier Institute of the Family. Table 2.
  11. See footnote 2 in Private choices, public costs: How failing families cost us all for an extensive list of sources)

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