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Step 1: Age group - 6 to 14 years of age
Step 2: Population - Treaty or Registered Indian (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - British Columbia (Rural), All provinces
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Healthy living | British Columbia (Rural) | All provinces |
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percent2 | ||
General Health | ||
In excellent or very good health | 87 | 79 |
In good health | 11E | 17 |
In fair or poor health | x | 4 |
Activity limitations | ||
With one or more activity limitations: | ||
Yes, sometimes | 8E | 9 |
Yes, often | 8E | 9 |
No, does not have any difficulty | 84 | 81 |
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional) | ||
With one or more health conditions | 46 | 50 |
With one or more severe chronic health conditions | 37 | 43 |
With allergies | 17 | 16 |
With asthma | 11E | 14 |
With a heart condition | x | 2 |
With ear infections or ear problems | x | 8 |
With a hearing impairment | x | 3 |
With a visual impairment | 7E | 11 |
Physical injuries | ||
Injured in last 12 months | 10E | 11 |
Health care | ||
Who has parent or guardian seen in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health of the child or youth: | ||
Pediatrician, general practitioner or family physician | 49 | 55 |
Another medical specialist | 32 | 33 |
Community health nurse, public health nurse or nurse practitioner | 20 | 21 |
Traditional Aboriginal healer | x | 7 |
Dental care | ||
Children and youth who last received dental care: | ||
Within the last 12 months | 83 | 81 |
More than 1 year ago | 16E | 16 |
Children and youth in need of dental treatment | 34 | 29 |
Of those in need of dental treatment: | ||
Arrangements have been made for dental treatment | 61 | 52 |
Arrangements have not been made for dental treatment | 36E | 42 |
Education and social activities | British Columbia (Rural) | All provinces |
percent2 | ||
School attendance | ||
Currently attending school | 98 | 98 |
Attended an early childhood development or preschool program | 60 | 62 |
Attended Aboriginal specific early childhood development or preschool program | 30 | 34 |
Absence from school: | ||
Absent or missed school for a period of 2 or more weeks in a row | F | 4 |
Attributes of the school (parent or guardian's views) | ||
School provides enough information about his/her academic progress: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 96 | 91 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | x | 6 |
School provides enough information about his/her attendance: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 97 | 95 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | x | 3 |
School provides enough information about his/her behaviour at school: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 95 | 90 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | x | 7 |
Satisfied with the level of discipline at this school: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 89 | 85 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 12E | 11 |
Feel the presence of drugs and alcohol is a problem at this school: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 18E | 11 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 79 | 81 |
Feel violence is a problem at this school | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 22E | 21 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 75 | 74 |
Satisfied with the quality of teaching at this school | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 92 | 89 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 8E | 8 |
Child is challenged to work at his/her full potential | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 88 | 86 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 13E | 11 |
Satisfied with how this school is preparing him/her to make choices about his/her future: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 87 | 83 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 11E | 10 |
School has high academic standards: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 83 | 81 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 14E | 11 |
Satisfied with the availability of extracurricular activities at this school: | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 76 | 77 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 23 | 18 |
Child or youth is happy at this school | ||
Strongly agree or agree | 94 | 92 |
Disagree or strongly disagree | 6E | 6 |
Performance at school (parent or guardian's views) | ||
Very well or well | 76 | 68 |
Average | 22 | 25 |
Poorly or very poorly | x | 5 |
Importance of graduating from high school (parent or guardian's views) | ||
High school graduation is very important | 98 | 97 |
Social activities | ||
Average number of hours used to watch TV, videos or DVDs per day (count) | 2.0 | 2.3 |
Average number of hours used to play video games per day (count) | 0.7 | 0.9 |
How often child or youth plays sports: | ||
Never or less than once per week | 35 | 34 |
One or more times per week | 64 | 65 |
Languages | British Columbia (Rural) | All provinces |
percent2 | ||
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language | ||
Able to speak and understand | 24 | 22 |
Able to understand only | 34 | 37 |
Neither speak nor understand | 42 | 39 |
Language group of primary Aboriginal language spoken | ||
Able to speak or understand Cree | x | 30 |
Able to speak or understand an Inuit language | x | 1E |
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language | 90 | 70 |
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language (parent or guardian's views) | ||
Very important or somewhat important | 74 | 77 |
Not very important or not important | 24 | 21 |
Who receive help learning an Aboriginal language from: | ||
Grandparents | 21 | 28 |
Parents | 28 | 34 |
Aunts and uncles | x | 8 |
School teachers | 23 | 12 |
Symbols:
F too unreliable to be published
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Notes:
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.