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Detailed definition
Earner or employment income recipient: Person with employment income during the reference period. Employment income can be in the form of wages, salaries and commissions or net self-employment income.
For the 2016 Census, the reference period is the calendar year 2015 for all income variables.
Values (English)
Total - Number of earners in the economic family
No earners
1 earner or more
1 earner
2 earners
3 or more earners