Table 7
Percentage of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit aged 15 and older who reported that having health care services that support Indigenous traditional medicines, healing and wellness practices were very or somewhat important, by reported reasons for why these services are important, Canada, 2024
| Estimate – First Nations people living off reserve | Lower limit of confidence interval (95%) – First Nations people living off reserve | Upper limit of confidence interval (95%) – First Nations people living off reserve | Estimate – Métis | Lower limit of confidence interval (95%) – Métis | Upper limit of confidence interval (95%) – Métis | Estimate – Inuit | Lower limit of confidence interval (95%) – Inuit | Upper limit of confidence interval (95%) – Inuit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Reasons 1 | |||||||||
| Provide better overall quality of care | 43.4 | 37.5 | 49.5 | 37.7 | 32.1 | 43.6 | 42.0 | 36.0 | 48.1 |
| Feel respected for culture, beliefs and identity | 68.3 | 63.5 | 72.8 | 61.4 | 55.7 | 66.8 | 66.6 | 59.3 | 73.4 |
| Feel safer discussing sensitive or traumatic experiences | 41.1 | 36.5 | 45.8 | 32.4 | 27.3 | 37.8 | 48.0 | 42.3 | 53.9 |
| More likely to seek health care | 48.6 | 44.0 | 53.2 | 37.1 | 31.8 | 42.7 | 49.7 | 44.1 | 55.3 |
Note(s):
Single and multiple responses to the Indigenous identity question are used when reporting data for the three Indigenous groups. The Survey Series on First Nations People, Métis and Inuit is based on a probability panel consisting of individuals who agreed to participate in further studies when they responded to the 2022 Indigenous Peoples Survey. As a result of this methodology, it has a low cumulative response rate which increases the risk of bias. All estimates in this table should therefore be used with caution.
Source(s):
Survey Series on First Nations people, Métis and Inuit – Health Care Access and Experiences, 2024 (5410).
Table note 1
Question was asked only of those who reported that having culturally appropriate services were very or somewhat important and responses are not mutually exclusive.
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