Table 1
Physical activity, health and socio-demographic characteristics, by Aboriginal identity, household population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2005
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| Characteristics | First Nations off reserve (n=1,522) | Métis (n=1,533) | Inuit (n=359) | Non- Aboriginal (n=129,494) | ||||||||
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| % | Mean | se | % | Mean | se | % | Mean | se | % | Mean | se | |
| Physical activity | ||||||||||||
| Active | 37.0* | ... | ... | 38.5* | ... | ... | 30.7 | ... | ... | 29.9 | ... | ... |
| Moderately active | 22.1 | ... | ... | 21.8 | ... | ... | 24.5 | ... | ... | 25.0 | ... | ... |
| Inactive | 40.9 | ... | ... | 39.7 | ... | ... | 44.9 | ... | ... | 45.2 | ... | ... |
| Health | ||||||||||||
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Self-rated health
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Good/Fair/Poor
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48.3* | ... | ... | 45.8* | ... | ... | 51.3* | ... | ... | 36.2 | ... | ... |
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Excellent/Very good
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51.7 | ... | ... | 54.2 | ... | ... | 48.7 | ... | ... | 63.8 | ... | ... |
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Self-rated mental health
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Good/Fair/Poor
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32.7* | ... | ... | 30.0* | ... | ... | 38.2* | ... | ... | 24.5 | ... | ... |
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Excellent/Very good
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67.3 | ... | ... | 70.0 | ... | ... | 61.8 | ... | ... | 75.5 | ... | ... |
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Chronic condition
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No
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28.8* | ... | ... | 26.1* | ... | ... | 34.9 | ... | ... | 35.9 | ... | ... |
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Yes
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71.2 | ... | ... | 73.9 | ... | ... | 65.1 | ... | ... | 64.1 | ... | ... |
| Socio-demographic | ||||||||||||
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Sex
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Male
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51.9 | ... | ... | 50.6 | ... | ... | 56.4 | ... | ... | 49.3 | ... | ... |
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Female
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48.1 | ... | ... | 49.4 | ... | ... | 43.6 | ... | ... | 50.8 | ... | ... |
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Age
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... | 35.2* | 0.6 | ... | 36.6* | 0.7 | ... | 33.3* | 1.5 | ... | 43.0 | 0.0 |
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Marital status
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Married/Common-law
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47.0* | ... | ... | 52.8* | ... | ... | 44.3* | ... | ... | 59.0 | ... | ... |
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Single/Widowed/Divorced/Separated
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53.1 | ... | ... | 47.2 | ... | ... | 55.7 | ... | ... | 41.0 | ... | ... |
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Number of children in household
†
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... | 0.9* | 0.1 | ... | 0.8* | 0.1 | ... | 1.3* | 0.2 | ... | 0.6 | 0.0 |
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Education
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Less than secondary graduation
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36.2* | ... | ... | 36.0* | ... | ... | 54.1* | ... | ... | 23.7 | ... | ... |
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Secondary graduation
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15.5 | ... | ... | 14.8 | ... | ... | 7.1E | ... | ... | 15.2 | ... | ... |
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Some postsecondary
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12.5 | ... | ... | 10.0 | ... | ... | 7.1E | ... | ... | 8.8 | ... | ... |
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Postsecondary graduation
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35.9 | ... | ... | 39.3 | ... | ... | 31.8E | ... | ... | 52.4 | ... | ... |
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Employment
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Currently working
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65.2* | ... | ... | 68.4 | ... | ... | 60.1 | ... | ... | 69.2 | ... | ... |
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Not working
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34.8 | ... | ... | 31.6 | ... | ... | 39.9 | ... | ... | 30.9 | ... | ... |
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Household income
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Less than $20,000
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18.5* | ... | ... | 14.5* | ... | ... | 18.0*E | ... | ... | 9.4 | ... | ... |
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$20,000 to $39,999
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25.8 | ... | ... | 21.2 | ... | ... | 23.6E | ... | ... | 18.9 | ... | ... |
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More than $40,000
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55.8 | ... | ... | 64.3 | ... | ... | 58.4 | ... | ... | 71.7 | ... | ... |
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* significantly different distribution from non-Aboriginal population (p<0.05) † population aged 18 or older se = standard error ... not applicable Note: Chi-square comparisons have been age-standardized to Aboriginal population. Source: 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. |
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