Table III.
Number and percent of participants reporting traditional harvesting activities by sex, age and Alaska study region (n=3830).
| Total | Sex | Age | Region | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity | n (%) | Men n (%) |
Women n (%) |
18–34 n (%) |
35–54 n (%) |
55+ n (%) |
South-central n (%) |
South-east n (%) |
South-west n (%) |
| Picking berries or greens | 1881 (49.2) | 601 (40.0) | 1280 (55.2) | 663 (46.0) | 870 (50.4) | 348 (53.1) | 430 (30.9) | 415 (46.7) | 1036 (67.2) |
| Cutting/smoking fish/meat | 1703 (44.6) | 716 (47.6) | 987 (42.6) | 543 (37.7) | 820 (47.5) | 340 (52.0) | 304 (21.8) | 426 (48.0) | 973 (63.1) |
| Fishing | 1568 (40.9) | 842 (55.9) | 726 (31.3) | 619 (42.9) | 746 (43.1) | 203 (30.9) | 421 (30.1) | 322 (36.3) | 825 (53.4) |
| Game hunting | 1031 (26.9) | 769 (51.0) | 262 (11.3) | 456 (31.6) | 454 (26.2) | 121 (18.4) | 130 (9.3) | 215 (24.2) | 686 (44.4) |
| Marine mammal hunting | 321 (8.4) | 270 (18.0) | 51 (2.2) | 142 (9.8) | 140 (8.1) | 39 (6.0) | 28 (2.0) | 72 (8.1) | 221 (14.3) |
| Tanning hides | 248 (6.5) | 108 (7.2) | 140 (6.0) | 71 (4.9) | 122 (7.1) | 55 (8.4) | 35 (2.5) | 39 (4.4) | 174 (11.3) |
| Trapping | 135 (3.5) | 118 (7.8) | 17 (0.7) | 75 (5.2) | 40 (2.3) | 20 (3.1) | 10 (0.7) | 16 (1.8) | 109 (7.1) |
| Participation in multiple traditional activities | |||||||||
| ≥1 Activities | 2671 (69.7) | 1107 (73.5) | 1564 (67.3) | 1005 (69.6) | 1201 (69.4) | 465 (70.8) | 671 (48.0) | 626 (70.5) | 1374 (88.9) |
| ≥2 Activities | 1968 (51.4) | 910 (60.4) | 1058 (45.5) | 724 (50.2) | 905 (52.3) | 339 (51.6) | 392 (28.1) | 437 (49.2) | 1139 (73.7) |
| ≥3 Activities | 1314 (34.3) | 741 (49.2) | 573 (24.7) | 512 (35.5) | 614 (35.5) | 188 (28.6) | 207 (14.8) | 274 (30.9) | 833 (53.9) |
All differences between the sexes, age groups and regions with traditional activities were significant (p<0.05).