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Family Characteristics
TABLE 2 (cont.)
SOCIO - ECONOMIC PROFILE: 1991
SALMON RIVER WATERSHED AND OTHER AREAS a
Total
Watershed
Salmon Arm
in
Watershed
Rural
Watershed Westwold
9
Salmon
Arm Vernon BC
Husband - Wife (%) (89) (88) (91) (96)* (89) (84) (88)
Children at Home (%) (54) (56) (53) (43) (55) (53) (60)
Single Parent (%) (11) (13) (9) (4) (11) (16) (12)
Persons / Household 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.6
Language Knowledge
English Only (%) (93) (92) (94) (90) (94) (92) (92)
Other Language (%) (7) (8) (6) (10) (6) (8) (8)
Religion
Christian (%) (65) (68) (60) (65) (70) (71) (63)
Other (%) (1) (1) (1) (0) (1) (3) (6)
No Preference (%) (34) (31) (39) (34) (28) (26) (31)
Ethnic Origin
Aboriginal Peoples (%) (2) (1) (5) (0) (1) (1) (2)
British (%) (31) (31) (31) (31) (29) (28) (25)
Other European (%) (17) (19) (14) (10) (20) (21) ( )
Other Single Origins (%) (2) (2) (3) (2) (3) (6) ( )
Multiple Origins (%) (48) (48) (46) (56) (47) (43) (40)
Education (15+)
< Grade 9 (%) (12) (11) (13) (15) (12) (13) (9)
Grades 9 - 13 (%) (43) (39) (48) (58) (41) (43) (39)
> Grade 13 (%) (45) (50) (39) (27) (46) (44) (52)
Income Distribution
Low Income Families (%) (11) (11) (11) (0) (9) (15) (12)
Owner Expenses > 30% of
Income (%)
(10) (8) (12) (0) (9) (10) (13)
Rent > 30% of Income (%) (28) (25) (40) (67) (25) (42) (33)
(a) Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding and statistical error.