Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications

We propose an accessible and repeatable method for calculating rates of institutionalization and homelessness among Status First Nations in Canada by age and gender. We show that this calculation is possible through combining Census and administrative data and could be computed at regular intervals....

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Main Authors: Donna Feir, Randall Akee
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Online Access:http://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics/assets/docs/discussion/DDP1801.pdf
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:vic:vicddp:1801 2023-05-15T16:14:20+02:00 Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications Donna Feir Randall Akee http://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics/assets/docs/discussion/DDP1801.pdf unknown http://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/economics/assets/docs/discussion/DDP1801.pdf preprint ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:34:57Z We propose an accessible and repeatable method for calculating rates of institutionalization and homelessness among Status First Nations in Canada by age and gender. We show that this calculation is possible through combining Census and administrative data and could be computed at regular intervals. We estimate extremely high rates of institutionalization and homelessness, especially among young Status men. Averaging over 2001 and 2006, an upper bound estimate of 12% of the Status male population was either institutionalized or homeless. We show that this high rate of institutionalization and homelessness results in a distortion in the male-female gender ratio which may have long-run implications for the continued legal existence of Status First Nations in Canada. JEL Classification: J10,J15,J16,O15,I14,I15,I32 First Nations, Native American, Status Indian, Registered Indian, homelessness, institutionalization, gender ratio Report First Nations RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Canada Indian
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description We propose an accessible and repeatable method for calculating rates of institutionalization and homelessness among Status First Nations in Canada by age and gender. We show that this calculation is possible through combining Census and administrative data and could be computed at regular intervals. We estimate extremely high rates of institutionalization and homelessness, especially among young Status men. Averaging over 2001 and 2006, an upper bound estimate of 12% of the Status male population was either institutionalized or homeless. We show that this high rate of institutionalization and homelessness results in a distortion in the male-female gender ratio which may have long-run implications for the continued legal existence of Status First Nations in Canada. JEL Classification: J10,J15,J16,O15,I14,I15,I32 First Nations, Native American, Status Indian, Registered Indian, homelessness, institutionalization, gender ratio
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Randall Akee
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Randall Akee
Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications
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title Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications
title_short Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications
title_full Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications
title_fullStr Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications
title_full_unstemmed Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada: A Method and Implications
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