Definition: Complex stepfamily

Category: Population censuses

There are three types of complex stepfamilies. First, a couple family in which there is at least one child of both parents and at least one child of only one parent. Secondly, a couple family in which there is at least one child of each parent and no children of both parents. Third, a couple family in which there is at least one child of both parents and at least one child of each parent. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/dict/index-eng.cfm