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Step 1: Age group - 15 years of age and over
Step 2: Population - North American Indian Identity (living off-reserve)
Step 3: Geography - Manitoba (Rural), Canada
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Education | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
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Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
School enrolment | ||||
Currently attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program | 20 | 23 | 26 | 20 |
Of those attending elementary or high school or a high school equivalency program: | ||||
Full-time | 78 | 80 | 81 | 79 |
Part-time, day or evening | x | 14 | 13E | 15 |
Currently taking a High School Equivalency program | x | 15 | 12 | 19 |
Highest grade completed at elementary or high school (excluding kindergarten): | ||||
No schooling | x | 1 | 1E | 1E |
One to six | 7E | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Seven or eight | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Nine | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
Ten | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
Eleven | 13 | 16 | 18 | 14 |
Twelve or thirteen | 41 | 48 | 43 | 52 |
High school | ||||
Graduated from high school3 | 37 | 46 | 41 | 50 |
Did not finish high school3 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16 |
Completed high school through high school equivalency program (GED)3 | 10E | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Median age when last in elementary or high school (years) | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 15.6 |
Aboriginal culture at elementary or high school level | ||||
At school had Aboriginal teachers or teachers' aides | 28 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
At school had teachers or teachers' aides who taught in an Aboriginal language | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
Taught an Aboriginal language in elementary or high school | 9E | 6 | 5 | 7 |
Postsecondary schooling | ||||
Ever taken some education above the high school level | 45 | 56 | 52 | 58 |
Did not finish postsecondary schooling3 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 26 |
Currently attending education above the high school level3 | 15E | 18 | 15 | 19 |
Of those attending postsecondary education: | ||||
Full-time | x | 49 | 41 | 54 |
Part-time, day or evening | 50E | 39 | 41 | 37 |
Type of educational institution: | ||||
University3 | 33 | 35 | 31 | 38 |
Community college or CEGEP3 | 47 | 55 | 50 | 58 |
Publicly-funded technical institute, or a trade/vocational school3 | 20 | 24 | 31 | 19 |
Private business school or private training institute3 | 19E | 14 | 12 | 14 |
Another school above high school3 | 12E | 9 | 11 | 9 |
Correspondence or distance education: | ||||
Taken any post-secondary courses by correspondence or distance education | 21E | 17 | 14 | 19 |
Financial assistance: | ||||
Applied for financial assistance for postsecondary studies | 35 | 54 | 46 | 59 |
Received financial assistance for postsecondary studies | 87 | 89 | 85 | 91 |
Highest level of schooling ever completed | ||||
No schooling | x | 1 | 1E | 1E |
Less than high school diploma | 37 | 34 | 38 | 30 |
High school diploma or High school equivalency | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
Some trade/vocational school | x | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Some other non-university institution | 9E | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Some university | 4E | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Diploma or certificate from trade school or registered apprenticeship program | 7E | 9 | 12 | 6 |
Diploma or certificate from other non-university institution | 13 | 16 | 11 | 20 |
University certificate or diploma below bachelor's level | x | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Bachelor's degree | 4E | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Master's degree or university certificate or diploma above bachelor's level, degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry, earned doctorate | x | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Languages | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
Ability to speak and understand an Aboriginal language | ||||
Able to speak or understand an Aboriginal language | 73 | 52 | 53 | 52 |
Able to understand his/her primary Aboriginal language: | ||||
very well or relatively well | 48 | 30 | 28 | 32 |
with effort or a few words | 51 | 68 | 71 | 66 |
Able to speak his/her primary Aboriginal language: | ||||
very well or relatively well | 66 | 46 | 43 | 47 |
with effort or a few words | 34 | 53 | 55 | 51 |
Access to Services in Primary Aboriginal Language | ||||
Have access to health services in his/her primary Aboriginal language3 | 38 | 30 | 32 | 29 |
Have access to justice/ legal/ policing services in his/her primary Aboriginal language3 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 24 |
Have access to social and employment services in his/her primary Aboriginal language3 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 35 |
Have access to other services in his/her primary Aboriginal language3 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 46 |
Importance to keep, learn or re-learn an Aboriginal language | ||||
Very important | 45 | 37 | 34 | 40 |
Somewhat important | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
Not very important or not important | 29 | 34 | 37 | 32 |
No opinion | x | 1E | 1E | 0E |
Labour activity | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
Harvesting country food | ||||
Hunted in the past 12 months | 45 | 30 | 36 | 22 |
Fished in the past 12 months | 52 | 40 | 50 | 32 |
Gathered wild plants (berries, sweet grass, etc.) in the past 12 months | 49 | 48 | 47 | 49 |
Trapped in the past 12 months | 24E | 14 | 17 | 9 |
Employment status | ||||
Worked for pay or in self-employment, or temporarily absent from job | 57 | 59 | 63 | 55 |
Respondent does not have job, is looking for work | 9E | 7 | 8 | 6 |
Respondent does not have job, is not looking for work | 33 | 33 | 27 | 37 |
Income | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
Sources of income (Year ending December 31, 2005) | ||||
Paid employment or self-employment | 65 | 64 | 70 | 60 |
Employment insurance | 17 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
Old age security pension, Guaranteed Income Supplement or Spouse's Allowance from the Federal Government | 10E | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Canada or Quebec Pension Plans | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Social assistance or welfare benefits | 17 | 14 | 11 | 17 |
Other sources, for example, other government income, child support, alimony, education allowances, scholarships, northern allowance, interest, or other | 23 | 25 | 19 | 31 |
Health | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
General health | ||||
Excellent or very good | 48 | 53 | 57 | 50 |
Good | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
Fair or poor | 22 | 19 | 16 | 21 |
Health care | ||||
Has seen or talked with in past 12 months for physical, emotional or mental health: | ||||
Family doctor or general practitioner | 66 | 71 | 64 | 78 |
Traditional healer | 7E | 9 | 7 | 10 |
Nurse | 34 | 30 | 25 | 34 |
Dentist or orthodontist | 51 | 56 | 54 | 59 |
Other health professional3 | 57 | 64 | 60 | 68 |
Medical conditions (diagnosed by a health professional) | ||||
With one or more chronic health conditions | 55 | 54 | 50 | 58 |
Prediabetes or borderline diabetic3 | 6E | 5 | 4 | 6 |
Diabetes | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Type 13 | x | 13 | 16 | 11 |
Type 23 | 69 | 62 | 60 | 63 |
Arthritis or rheumatism | 24 | 21 | 17 | 25 |
Cancer | 4E | 3 | 2 | 4 |
Stomach problems or intestinal ulcers | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 |
Kidney disease | x | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Respiratory problem (asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema) | 18 | 18 | 15 | 20 |
High blood pressure, heart problems or effects of stroke | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Communicable disease (hepatitis, tuberculosis or HIV/AIDS) | 4E | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Other long term health condition | 9E | 14 | 11 | 17 |
Communication technology | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
Computer and Internet use | ||||
Used a computer in previous twelve months | 67 | 80 | 79 | 81 |
Used the Internet in previous twelve months | 61 | 76 | 75 | 77 |
Housing | Manitoba (Rural) | Canada | ||
Total | Total | Male | Female | |
percent2 | ||||
Tenure | ||||
Home rented by adult or another member of the household | 35 | 47 | 44 | 50 |
Home owned by adult or another member of the household | 63 | 52 | 55 | 50 |
Features in the home | ||||
With cable or satellite television | 82 | 87 | 88 | 87 |
With a smoke detector | 90 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
With a telephone | 96 | 95 | 94 | 96 |
With a stove for cooking | 99 | 99 | 98 | 99 |
With electricity | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
With a generator | 12E | 12 | 14 | 11 |
With cold running water | 97 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
With hot running water | 97 | 99 | 98 | 99 |
With a flush toilet | 97 | 99 | 98 | 99 |
Without a septic tank or sewage system | 5E | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Requiring special feature(s) for a health condition or problem | 13 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
Water supply | ||||
Water available to home is not safe to drink | 20 | 13 | 11 | 15 |
Reporting water is contaminated at times during the year | 21 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
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Notes:
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006.