Table 1.
Characteristics of survey participants
| Variablea,b n = 413 | % |
| Age (Mean ± SD years) range 15–30 years | 21.5 ± 4.4 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 47.0 |
| Female | 52.8 |
| Transgender | 0.2 |
| Aboriginal background | |
| First Nations Status | 56.2 |
| First Nations Non Status | 6.8 |
| Métis | 20.8 |
| Inuit | 10.7 |
| Inuvaluit | 2.2 |
| Other | 1.7 |
| Languages spoken by youth | |
| English | 97.8 |
| Aboriginal Language | 13.1 |
| French | 22.0 |
| Sexual Identification | |
| Heterosexual or straight | 84.7 |
| Gay/lesbian/two-spirit/bisexual | 13.1 |
| Other | 1.5 |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 69.2 |
| Common-law relationship | 20.3 |
| Married | 3.6 |
| Separated/divorced/widowed | 3.4 |
| Educationc | |
| Grade 8 or less | 10.7 |
| Some high school | 49.9 |
| Completed high school | 16.2 |
| College/university | 7.8 |
| Some post secondary | 14.6 |
| Religion and spirituality | |
| Followed a religion | 41.4 |
| Followed traditional Aboriginal practices | 41.0 |
| Place of residence | |
| Living in urban centre, population > 10,000 | 64.4 |
| Own home/apartment | 35.8 |
| Parents' home | 31.0 |
| Friend's home | 9.7 |
| Rooming house | 3.1 |
| Shelter or safe house | 4.4 |
| Hotel | 3.4 |
| Homeless | 4.6 |
| Other living arrangement | 8.2 |
| Income Sourcesc | |
| Had job | 37.3 |
| Social support/welfare | 29.3 |
| Several sources of income | 16.4 |
| No income | 6.5 |
| HIV testing | |
| Tested for HIV | 50.8 |
| Tested positive (among those tested) | 12.4 |
a Certain variables do not add up to 100% as only some sub-variables are shown. Many variables have missing data as participants could choose not to answer the survey questions or answer more than once per question.
b Four hundred and thirteen (413) Aboriginal youth from Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Labrador and Inuvik completed the survey.
c As many of these youth were in the process of obtaining an education, it is expected that the reported level of education and personal (not household) income are variable indicators of life circumstances.