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 | ||||||
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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. |
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