Table 2
Selected socio-demographic characteristics, all Canada and population groups in the Inuit-inhabited areas, 2001

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  Canada Inuit-inhabited areas
Total Inuit Other Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal
Total population (number) 29,639,032 45,615 36,450 2,450 6,720
% 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Sex
Male 49.1 51.5 50.9 48.8 55.8
Age (years)
0 to 14 19.4 36.6 40.3 37.7 16.0
15 to 64 68.4 60.3 56.4 58.0 82.0
65 or older 12.2 3.2 3.3 4.3 2.1
Education†
Elementary or less 9.8 26.1 32.1 25.9 2.9
Some secondary 21.5 25.3 29.9 23.1 8.3
Secondary graduation 14.1 5.8 4.7 6.5 10.0
Some or completed postsecondary non-university 28.8 30.6 30.1 35.4 31.4
Some university 10.4 4.6 2.3 5.0 13.4
University graduation 15.4 7.6 0.9 4.0 34.1
Employment
Unemployment rate‡ 7.3 16.9 22.4 13.6 3.3
Employment/Population ratio§ 70.8 57.8 49.6 55.1 89.3
Occupation††
Management 10.0 8.9 5.4 9.0 18.9
Professional 15.3 17.4 13.3 11.5 30.4
Skilled 29.6 27.7 27.4 31.0 27.9
Semi-skilled 31.6 24.3 27.0 24.7 16.7
Unskilled 13.4 21.7 27.0 23.8 6.1
Income‡‡
Average household income ($) 68,000 60,000 54, 000 58,000 91,000
Average household size (number) 3.6 5.1 5.4 4.8 3.7
Average income per person ($) 23,000 15,000 11,000 14,000 36,000
Housing§§
In need of major repairs 8.3 23.0 24.7 26.1 13.1
†  non-institutional population aged 15 or older
‡  non-institutional population aged 15 to 64, active in labour force (CANSIM table 282-0087 for Canada)
§  non-institutional population aged 15 to 64 (CANSIM table 282-0002 for Canada)
††  based on Human Resources Development Canada occupational coding (detailed definition available on request from first author); non-institutional population aged 15 or older who worked in 2001
‡‡  income in 2000, non-institutional population
§§  excluding collective dwellings and band housing
Data source: 2001 Census of Canada, special tabulations.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Life expectancy in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada, 1989 to 2003", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.