Demographics

Looks at statistics for friendship centre catchment areas from 2006 census, compares non-Aboriginals' age and gender, and comments on potential effects of Bill-3, Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White, Calvin Hanselmann.

Study uses a sample of 237 male drunk drivers sentenced to custody for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in Alberta from 1989-1991.

Examines Aboriginal youth being sentenced differently from non-Aboriginal youth and suggests it may be caused by the number of Aboriginals living in cities where longer sentences are frequently handed down.

Reports findings from interviews with five groups: male youth age 15-19 years; female youth group 15-19; adult males age 20 years and over living without their dependent children; adult females age 20 years and over living without their dependent children; and individuals living with their dependent children. Interviews took place between June 13, 2005 and September 16, 2005, with 143 individuals participating.

Looks at the vulnerability of First Nations children as a result of socio-economic factors.

Provides a comprehensive understanding of social factors and environment on HIV risk behaviours among Manitoba women. Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre for Excellence.

Study based on five case studies: Prince George, BC; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Brantford, Ont; and St. John's Newfoundland. Data was collected between December 2006 and April 2007.

Examines health status of the Inuit population within the changing contexts of population and socio-economic factors.

Synthesis of assessments by managers throughout Department of Indian and Northern Affairs of operating environment. Outlines main issues and constraints which had affected operational planning process. Includes statistics from Indian Conditions: A Survey published in 1980.

Analyzes labour market opportunities for Aboriginal peoples

Describes income inequality and its relationship to employment and educational attainment.

Looks at the Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal annual earnings gap and the on-reserve annual earnings penalty.

Reports on smallpox epidemics from 1682 to 1920 including frequency and severity of the disease.

Research found high rates of sobriety and low rates of alcohol use contradicting stereotypes of widespread alcohol use among Alaska Native elders.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1997.

Summarizes baseline information for the 207 Aboriginal families that participated in the study. Includes demographics, education, employment and more.

Looks at key determinants of Inuit health disparities and provides solutions to address those disparities.

Concludes that Aboriginal people in the United States live in an adverse and violent environment that places them at higher risk for exposure to traumatic experiences.

Discusses the various social indicators employed in the seven Bridges and Foundations Project surveys, which probed into the views of local Aboriginal residents reguarding quality of life, living conditions and affordable housing.

Discusses the health & socio-economic factors effecting the well-being of the Indigenous people of Hawaii.

Source of statistics is 2006 Statistics Canada Census.

Statistical data collected for use in the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing.

Presents a survey done in 2007, as a follow up to one done in 1996, which focused on the factors that influence the delivery of policing services. The survey is meant to be used when developing future policies for policing.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Examines factors influencing the quality of health care, more specifically cancer prevention and detection, provided to Native American Women.

Study results support the need for preventive and public health programs to improve maternal and infant well-being. NOTE: Also published as Journal of Aboriginal Health, Summer, 2015.

Analysis shows that Indigenous Australians were not only more likely to live in neighbourhoods where the population was relatively disadvantaged, but also experienced higher levels of disadvantage than the non-Indigenous population in the same area.

Results based on data from The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and the National Health Survey (NHS).

Looks at the demography of American Indians and their socioeconomic position.

Study focuses on movement from reservations to urban areas, finding that migration out did not significantly change unemployment situation on reservations.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

Findings from the 1996 Census revealed that while Aboriginal peoples are not segregated, they do occupy poorer quality neighbourhoods at a higher rate than non-Aboriginal people in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area

Summarizes the data collected from a 6 year program in 1991 to 1997, to investigate the presence of contaminants in Canadian Arctic freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.

Looks at the changes in dog and parasite demographics following veterinary public health interventions in rural communities.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2007.

Focuses on census and post-census surveys such as the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) and the related Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA).

Profiles Inuit people relocated to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Montreal. Looks at income, employment, education, health, housing, crime and safety, and culture and language.

Looks at a precedent making survey which acquired and applied demographic information for internal planning and community development.

Statistical data on quarterly demographic estimates.

Statistical data.

Variety of statistics dealing with demographics, characteristics of preprimary, elementary, high school, and postsecondary students, and educational outcomes.

Variety of statistics dealing with demographics, characteristics of pre-primary, elementary, high school, and postsecondary students, and educational outcomes.

Presents data based from the 1990 census regarding the postsecondary educational attainment levels for American Indians and Alaskan Natives.

Looks at access to care and intervention support for youth through interviews and using the Piliriqatigiinniq Partnership Community Health Research Model for data.