Table A
Selected characteristics of Status Indians living on and off reserve compared with non-Aboriginal men and women, non-institutional cohort members aged 25 to 74, Canada, 1991

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Characteristic Men Women
Status Indian Non- Aboriginal Status Indian Non- Aboriginal
Total On reserve Off reserve Total On reserve Off reserve
Total number 24,100 17,700 6,400 1,245,100 31,500 21,500 10,000 1,230,600
Percentage 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Age group
25 to 34 42 42 43 28 45 45 45 30
35 to 44 28 28 29 27 28 27 29 28
45 to 54 16 17 16 19 15 15 15 18
55 to 64 9 9 8 15 8 8 7 13
65 to 74 5 5 4 11 4 4 4 11
Marital status
Single (never married) 22 22 24 14 16 16 17 11
Common-law 18 17 20 7 17 16 19 6
Married 51 52 48 73 52 55 45 66
Previously married 9 9 9 7 15 13 18 16
Single parent 5 5 4 2 18 17 21 8
Tenure
Collective dwelling 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1
Band housing 44 60 1 0 41 59 1 0
Owner 34 29 46 75 32 27 43 72
Renter 22 11 50 24 27 13 55 27
Overcrowding 23 25 16 2 24 30 13 2
Dwelling in need of major repairs 34 39 22 7 33 39 21 7
Educational attainment
Less than secondary graduation 59 61 53 33 55 58 49 32
Secondary graduation 33 32 35 38 29 27 32 36
Postsecondary diploma 7 6 9 13 13 12 15 19
University degree 2 1 3 16 3 2 4 13
Labour force status
Employed 51 48 60 76 41 38 48 63
Unemployed 22 23 19 7 11 11 12 6
Not in labour force 27 30 20 17 48 51 41 32
Income adequacy quintile
1 (lowest) 40 41 35 13 42 43 42 17
2 25 27 22 18 25 26 22 19
3 17 17 18 21 17 17 16 21
4 12 10 15 23 11 10 13 21
5 (highest) 6 5 9 24 5 4 7 21
Region
Atlantic 5 6 2 8 5 6 2 8
Quebec 9 10 8 26 11 12 7 26
Ontario 18 17 21 37 17 15 22 37
Manitoba 20 23 12 4 17 19 13 4
Saskatchewan 12 12 11 3 13 14 11 3
Alberta 9 9 11 9 12 12 13 9
British Columbia 21 24 15 12 20 22 16 12
Territories 6 0 21 1 6 0 17 1
Community size
1,000,000 or more 3 1 9 31 4 1 9 33
500,000 to 999,999 4 1 12 16 5 1 14 17
100,000 to 499,999 5 3 10 15 5 3 11 16
10,000 to 99,999 12 10 18 14 12 9 19 14
Less than 10,000 76 85 52 23 73 85 47 21
Living on a reserve
Yes 73 100 0 0 68 100 0 0
No 27 0 100 100 32 0 100 100
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.