Table 3
Social determinants of parent-/guardian-rated health status of First Nations children living off reserve and Métis children, household population younger than age 6, Canada, 2006

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Table 3
Social determinants of parent-/guardian-rated health status of First Nations children living off reserve and Métis children, household population younger than age 6, Canada, 2006.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of chronic conditions, diagnosis and treatment. The information is grouped by Parent-/Guardian-rated health status (First Nations living off reserve (Excellent/Very good (%), Good/Fair/Poor (%), Chi-square/t-test, p-value) and Métis (Excellent/Very good (%), Good/Fair/Poor (%), Chi-square/t-test, p-value)) appearing as row headers.
  Parent-/Guardian-rated health status
First Nations living off reserve Métis
Excellent/Very good (%) Good/Fair/Poor (%) Chi-square/t-test p-value Excellent/Very good (%) Good/Fair/Poor (%) Chi-square/t-test p-value
Sex  
Boys 83.6 16.4 4.99 <.05 85.7 14.3 7.54 <.01
Girls 86.0 14.0 88.9 11.1
Age group  
0 to 23 months 84.7 15.3 0.47 ns 89.9Note† 10.1 5.46 <.01
2 or 3 years 84.3 15.7 87.3. 12.7
4 or 5 years 85.4 14.6 85.5. 14.5
Parent/Guardian education  
Less than secondary graduation 80.1 19.9 29.47 <.0001 81.6 18.4 22.34 <.0001
Secondary graduation or more 87.0 13.0 88.9 11.1
Number of people involved in raising child  
1 75.9Note‡ 24.1 11.13 <.0001 77.4Note‡ 22.6 9.87 <.0001
2 86.9. 13.1 89.0. 11.0
3 or more 85.2. 14.8 87.5. 12.5
Province/Territory  
Atlantic provinces 89.2Note§ 10.8NoteE: Use with caution 6.54 <.0001 90.3 9.7NoteE: Use with caution 3.77 <.001
Québec 86.9 13.1NoteE: Use with caution 88.6 11.4NoteE: Use with caution
Ontario 89.3Note§ 10.7 87.8 12.2
Manitoba 81.9 18.1 87.8 12.3
Saskatchewan 79.0Note†† 21.0 80.0Note‡‡ 20.0
Alberta 83.8 16.2 89.9 10.1
British Columbia 83.9 16.1 86.9 13.1
Yukon/Northwest Territories/Nunavut 81.5 18.5 87.8 12.2NoteE: Use with caution
Mean number of people in household (standard error) 4.3 (0.02) 4.7 (0.07) -5.69 <.0001 4.1 (0.02) 4.2 (0.07) -1.07 ns
Mean household income 50700 42200 6.31 <.0001 61600 44500 9.70 <.0001
(standard error) (711.0) (1,146.6) (834.2) (1,592.3)
Child breastfed  
Yes 86.6 13.4 21.62 <.0001 88.9 11.1 16.67 <.0001
No 80.7 19.3 82.8 17.2
Food-secure household  
Yes 85.4 14.7 9.84 <.01 87.5 12.5 3.93 <.05
No 76.3 23.7 79.0 21.0NoteE: Use with caution
Smoking  
No regular smoker in home 85.7 14.3 7.16 <.01 88.5 11.5 11.76 <.0001
Regular smoker in home 81.6 18.4 82.7 17.4
Mean daily hours of screen time (standard error) 2.6 (0.03) 2.6 (0.03) -0.80 ns 2.4 (0.03) 2.6 (0.09) -1.87 ns
Housing conditions  
Very satisfied/Satisfied 86.2 13.8 24.47 <.0001 88.2 11.8 14.48 <.0001
Dissatisfied/Very dissatisfied 77.7 22.3 79.4 20.6
Community health facilities  
Excellent/Very good/Good 85.9 14.1 8.46 <.01 89.0 11.0 21.61 <.0001
Fair/Poor 81.9 18.1 81.4 18.6
Community cultural activities  
Excellent/Very good/Good 85.1 14.9 0.00 ns 86.6 13.4 0.27 ns
Fair/Poor 85.0 15.0 87.3 12.7
† significantly different from older children (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from 2 and from 3 or more (p<0.05)
§ significantly different from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Yukon/Northwest Territories/Nunavut (p<0.05)
†† significantly different from Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia (p<0.05)
‡‡ significantly different from other provinces/territories (p<0.05)
E use with caution
ns = not significant
Sources: 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey, 2006 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.