Estimating Institutionalization and Homelessness for Status First Nations in Canada

A Method and Implications

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ID18979084
AuthorsDonna Feir (0000-0002-7101-0420, University of Victoria, corresponding author), Donna L Feir, Randall Akee (0000-0003-2133-9866, UCLA Health)
Year2018
Volume9
Issue4
Publication date2018-09-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Indigenous Policy Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1916-5781 • E-ISSN: 1916-5781
PublisherUniversity of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18584/iipj.2018.9.4.2
OpenAlexW2797855495
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

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

Census · Demographic economics · Economics · Indigenous · Institutionalisation · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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