Appendix 1.
Numbers of First Nations Communities with Unique Postal Codes and Percentages of Births to Women of First Nations Mother Tongue by Community Remoteness (INAC zone§) in Quebec, 1991–2000
| Least remote Zone 1 | Zone 2 | Zone 3 | Most remote Zone 4 | P value*, test for differences | P value*, tests for trends | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Communities | ||||||
| Total, N | 18 | 10 | 6 | 6 | ||
| With unique postal code, N | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| % | 56 | 40 | 67 | 33 | 0.67 | 0.56 |
| Births | ||||||
| Total, N | 5089 | 2511 | 1981 | 1452 | ||
| First Nations Mother tongue, N | 897 | 1255 | 1266 | 790 | ||
| % | 18 | 50 | 64 | 54 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
§
INAC zone is a measure of degree of community remoteness developed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to classify First Nations communities (reserves) into four zones from least remote (zone 1) to most remote (zone 4).
*
Two-sided P values in Chi-square tests for differences and Cochran-Armitage tests for trends across the four INAC zones.