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 by age and gender among Status First Nations in Canada. We calculate this measure by combining Census and administrative data—a method that could be estimated fairly easily over time. We est...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Indigenous Policy Journal
Main Authors: Feir, Donna L, Akee, Randall
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: Scholarship@Western 2018
Subjects:
First Nations
Status Indian
Registered Indian
homelessness
institutionalization
gender ratio
Inequality and Stratification
Labor Economics
Public Policy
Race and Ethnicity
Social Policy
Social Statistics
Canada
Indian
Online Access:https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol9/iss4/2
https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2018.9.4.2
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Summary:We propose an accessible and repeatable method for calculating rates of institutionalization and homelessness by age and gender among Status First Nations in Canada. We calculate this measure by combining Census and administrative data—a method that could be estimated fairly easily over time. We estimate extremely high rates of institutionalization and homelessness, especially among young Status men. We estimate that, averaged over 2001 and 2006, 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.

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