The Urban Aboriginal Middle-Income Group in Canada: A Demographic Profile
Recent research suggests that there is an emerging urban Aboriginal middle-income group in Canada but little is known about it. This paper examines the demographic profile of the urban Aboriginal middle-income group (excluding First Nations living on-reserve) from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:449fdb224ad84ba6a38c7d6aa543c8a9 2023-05-15T16:15:32+02:00 The Urban Aboriginal Middle-Income Group in Canada: A Demographic Profile Amanda Parriag Paul Chaulk 2013-02-01 https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v2i2.19005 https://doaj.org/article/449fdb224ad84ba6a38c7d6aa543c8a9 en fr eng fre University of Alberta 1923-3299 doi:10.5663/aps.v2i2.19005 https://doaj.org/article/449fdb224ad84ba6a38c7d6aa543c8a9 undefined Aboriginal Policy Studies, Vol 2, Iss 2 (2013) aboriginal income middle income urban aboriginal aboriginal peoples survey demo scipo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2013 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v2i2.19005 2023-01-22T18:03:37Z Recent research suggests that there is an emerging urban Aboriginal middle-income group in Canada but little is known about it. This paper examines the demographic profile of the urban Aboriginal middle-income group (excluding First Nations living on-reserve) from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey in comparison to the non-Aboriginal population from the 2006 Census. Results showed that there is a definite urban Aboriginal middle-income group in Canada that is demographically similar in many ways to the non-Aboriginal middle-income group, with language the one variable where the pattern was completely different. Aboriginal people were more likely to be in the lower-income group and less likely to be in the higher-income group than non-Aboriginal people, while the proportion in the middle-income group was often similar. Among Aboriginal people, First Nations had lower income levels than other Aboriginal people, even at higher education levels. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Unknown Canada aboriginal policy studies 2 2 |
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Recent research suggests that there is an emerging urban Aboriginal middle-income group in Canada but little is known about it. This paper examines the demographic profile of the urban Aboriginal middle-income group (excluding First Nations living on-reserve) from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey in comparison to the non-Aboriginal population from the 2006 Census. Results showed that there is a definite urban Aboriginal middle-income group in Canada that is demographically similar in many ways to the non-Aboriginal middle-income group, with language the one variable where the pattern was completely different. Aboriginal people were more likely to be in the lower-income group and less likely to be in the higher-income group than non-Aboriginal people, while the proportion in the middle-income group was often similar. Among Aboriginal people, First Nations had lower income levels than other Aboriginal people, even at higher education levels. |
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The Urban Aboriginal Middle-Income Group in Canada: A Demographic Profile |
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The Urban Aboriginal Middle-Income Group in Canada: A Demographic Profile |
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The Urban Aboriginal Middle-Income Group in Canada: A Demographic Profile |
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