Table 1.6
How often the child talks or plays together with different people, focusing attention on each other for five minutes or more, Inuit children under six years old, Canada and Inuit regions, 2006

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Relationship to the child Total Daily Weekly Occasionally Never Not applicable Not stated
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Canada
Mother 6,990 100 92 90.6 93.2 2E 1.5 3.5 x x x x x x x x x 4 3.4 4.8
Father 6,990 100 73 70.4 74.8 5 4.1 6.9 3 1.9 3.6 5 4.1 6.5 4 3.2 5.3 10 8.6 11.0
Siblings 6,990 100 73 70.3 74.8 2 1.6 3.2 1E 0.7 1.8 2E 1.2 2.7 18 15.9 20.1 4 3.2 4.7
Grandparents 6,990 100 43 40.5 45.2 29 26.0 30.9 13 11.1 15.1 8 6.4 9.0 4 3.2 5.2 4 3.2 4.7
Aunts and uncles 6,990 100 42 39.3 43.9 30 27.9 32.5 15 13.1 17.6 7 6.0 8.8 2E 1.1 2.3 4 3.2 4.7
Cousins 6,990 100 38 35.6 40.0 31 29.0 33.5 14 11.8 16.1 8 6.7 9.4 5 3.4 5.9 5 3.7 5.3
Elders 6,990 100 14 12.8 15.7 21 19.2 23.1 16 13.9 17.8 32 29.3 34.0 10 8.1 11.6 7 6.4 8.4
Inuit Nunaat
Mother 5,340 100 91 90.2 92.5 2E 1.5 3.0 x x x x x x x x x 5 4.3 5.9
Father 5,340 100 73 71.0 74.9 4 3.2 5.2 3 1.9 3.7 5 4.0 6.0 4 3.3 5.1 11 9.8 12.2
Siblings 5,340 100 77 74.9 78.5 2 1.8 3.3 1E 0.6 1.5 2E 1.1 2.2 13 11.9 14.9 5 3.9 5.6
Grandparents 5,340 100 50 47.8 52.4 24 22.2 26.2 9 8.0 10.8 8 6.2 8.7 4 3.3 5.1 5 3.8 5.5
Aunts and uncles 5,340 100 49 47.2 51.7 29 27.3 31.5 8 6.9 9.5 6 5.3 7.7 2E 1.2 2.5 5 3.9 5.6
Cousins 5,340 100 46 43.4 47.9 31 29.0 33.3 8 6.4 8.7 7 5.9 8.1 3 2.4 4.1 6 4.6 6.5
Elders 5,340 100 17 15.6 19.1 23 21.2 25.1 14 12.4 15.8 27 25.4 29.4 9 7.6 10.4 9 7.9 10.2
Nunatsiavut
Mother 190 100 90 88.6 93.6 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Father 190 100 79 74.3 81.7 x x x x x x x x x x x x 16 10.8 17.0
Siblings 190 100 74 70.4 77.5 x x x x x x x x x 16 13.7 20.3 x x x
Grandparents 190 100 42 40.9 49.5 37 32.3 40.9 x x x x x x x x x x x x
Aunts and uncles 190 100 42 38.4 46.9 42 36.6 45.1 11 8.3 13.7 x x x x x x x x x
Cousins 190 100 32 29.7 37.9 47 43.9 52.8 11 7.9 13.2 x x x x x x x x x
Elders 190 100 11 8.6 14.4 32 27.5 35.5 21 18.5 25.8 26 23.4 30.8 x x x x x x
Nunavik
Mother 1,370 100 82 79.5 84.4 2E 1.3 3.4 x x x x x x x x x 14 11.7 16.0
Father 1,370 100 62 59.1 65.1 4E 2.5 5.2 x x x 4 3.0 5.5 4 3.1 5.9 25 22.0 27.5
Siblings 1,370 100 69 66.6 72.2 4E 2.5 5.0 x x x 2E 1.7 3.7 12 10.4 14.4 11 8.8 12.8
Grandparents 1,370 100 45 41.6 47.6 23 20.4 25.7 7 5.5 8.8 9 7.3 11.0 5 3.7 6.5 11 9.4 13.5
Aunts and uncles 1,370 100 43 40.5 46.2 25 22.6 27.9 9 7.0 10.5 9 6.9 10.4 x x x 12 10.7 15.0
Cousins 1,370 100 42 39.4 45.5 26 23.8 29.4 7 6.0 9.4 10 7.8 11.4 x x x 13 11.1 15.6
Elders 1,370 100 13 11.2 15.4 17 14.5 19.0 9 7.1 10.7 37 34.2 40.1 4 3.0 5.6 20 17.3 22.7
Nunavut
Mother 3,470 100 95 93.1 96.1 2E 1.5 3.7 x x x x x x x x x 2E 1.0 2.7
Father 3,470 100 77 74.3 79.6 5 3.3 6.1 4E 2.3 4.9 5 3.9 6.8 4 2.9 5.4 6 4.3 7.4
Siblings 3,470 100 80 77.4 82.4 2E 1.2 3.3 x x x x x x 14 11.4 15.7 2E 1.6 3.6
Grandparents 3,470 100 53 49.7 56.3 24 20.8 26.6 10 8.2 12.2 7 5.3 8.7 4 2.9 5.4 2E 1.5 3.5
Aunts and uncles 3,470 100 53 49.3 55.9 30 27.1 33.1 8 5.8 9.4 6 4.4 7.7 2E 1.1 2.9 2E 1.2 3.1
Cousins 3,470 100 48 44.8 51.2 32 29.3 35.5 7 5.4 8.6 6 4.3 7.3 4 2.9 5.5 3E 2.0 4.3
Elders 3,470 100 18 16.1 21.2 25 22.3 28.0 15 13.0 17.9 25 21.7 27.3 11 9.3 13.5 5 3.9 6.9
Inuvialuit Region
Mother 310 100 94 90.8 96.5 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Father 310 100 74 66.8 77.8 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Siblings 310 100 74 68.0 78.7 x x x x x x x x x 16 11.1 20.4 x x x
Grandparents 310 100 45 40.0 51.2 29 23.0 34.4 13 9.4 17.2 x x x x x x x x x
Aunts and uncles 310 100 45 39.4 50.5 32 28.2 38.8 13 8.6 15.8 x x x x x x x x x
Cousins 310 100 42 34.8 45.7 29 22.7 32.4 13E 8.9 17.1 13 8.9 16.7 x x x x x x
Elders 310 100 26 19.8 30.3 26 20.6 31.2 19 14.6 24.0 19 14.3 23.5 x x x x x x
Outside Inuit Nunaat
Mother 1,660 100 94 88.3 96.9 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Father 1,660 100 72 64.1 78.1 10E 5.4 15.9 x x x 6E 3.3 10.8 x x x 6E 3.8 9.3
Siblings 1,660 100 60 51.9 66.6 x x x x x x x x x 33 26.1 40.3 x x x
Grandparents 1,660 100 19 14.5 25.2 42 34.6 49.6 25 18.5 32.3 8E 5.2 13.1 x x x x x x
Aunts and uncles 1,660 100 16 12.0 21.6 33 25.9 40.4 38 30.9 45.9 10E 6.4 15.6 x x x x x x
Cousins 1,660 100 13E 8.6 17.6 32 25.4 38.8 34 27.5 41.8 11E 7.4 16.7 9E 5.3 14.5 x x x
Elders 1,660 100 4E 2.4 7.5 15E 9.9 20.7 22 16.0 28.2 45 37.8 52.4 13E 7.8 19.2 x x x

Notes:
Percents may not add up to 100 because responses of 'don't know', 'refusal' and 'not stated' were included in the calculation of all estimates and rounding.
The category "Mother" includes birth mother, step mother (including common-law step parent), adoptive mother and foster mother.
The category "Father" includes birth father, step father (including common-law step parent), adoptive father and foster father.
Not stated' includes 'not stated', 'don't know' and 'refusal'.
Four regions comprise Inuit Nunaat which means "Inuit homeland" in the Inuit language. These four regions are: Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, Nunavik in northern Quebec, the territory of Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Children's Survey, 2006