Table 1.
Characteristics of Alaska Native participants in the EARTH Study, 2004–2006, compared to US Census, 2000
| Characteristic | EARTH Study N (%) |
Censusa N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,822 (100) | 119,331 (100) |
| Region b | ||
| Southcentral | 1,394 (36.5) | 36,428 (30.5) |
| Southeast | 887 (23.2) | 15,079 (12.6) |
| Southwest | 1,541 (40.3) | 20,226 (16.9) |
| Age, y c | ||
| 18–39 | 1,874 (49.0) | 37,235 (52.4) |
| 40–59 | 1,517 (39.7) | 24,816 (35.0) |
| ≥60 | 431 (11.3) | 8,913 (12.6) |
| Sex c | ||
| Men | 1,502 (39.3) | 60,212 (50.5) |
| Women | 2,320 (60.7) | 59,119 (49.5) |
| Marital status d | ||
| Married/living as married | 1,630 (42.8) | 30,705 (39.0) |
| Separated/divorced/never married | 2,177 (57.2) | 48,118 (61.0) |
| Education c | ||
| High school diploma or more | 2,933 (76.7) | 43,469 (74.0) |
| Employment status e | ||
| Employed or self-employed | 1,717 (44.9) | 45,734 (60.0) |
| Annual household income, $ f | ||
| ≤15,000 | 1,343 (41.2) | 6,536 (20.4) |
| 15,001–25,000 | 526 (16.1) | 5,178 (16.1) |
| 25,001–35,000 | 446 (13.7) | 4,403 (13.7) |
| 35,001–50,000 | 444 (13.6) | 5,074 (15.8) |
| ≥50,001 | 505 (15.4) | 10,904 (34.0) |
| Language spoken at home g | ||
| Non-English or both | 1,262 (33.2) | 31,130 (28.9) |
| English only | 2,542 (66.8) | 76,435 (71.1) |
| Ethnicity h | ||
| Eskimo | 2357 (61.8) | NA |
| Southeast Alaska Indian | 1089 (28.6) | NA |
| Athabaskan | 390 (10.2) | NA |
| Aleut | 323 (8.5) | NA |
| American Indian | 205 (5.4) | NA |
| Other Native (tribe unknown) | 285 (7.5) | NA |
Abbreviations: AI/AN, American Indian/Alaska Native; EARTH, Education and Research Towards Health; NA, not assessed.
Data set: Census 2000 American Indian and Alaska Native Summary File – Sample Data; Geographic Area: Alaska; Tribes alone or in any combination: American Indian and Alaska Native alone or in any combination. http://factfinder.census.gov/home/aian/index.html.
Census 2000 data for the corresponding Alaska Native Regional Corporations [ANRC]) Southcentral: Cook Inlet ANRC; Southeast: Sealaska ANRC; Southwest: Calista ANRC.
Census 2000 data for population aged 18 years or older.
Census 2000 data for population aged 15 years or older.
Census 2000 data for population aged 16 years or older.
Census 2000 data for households. EARTH data were missing 555 values for this variable.
Census 2000 data for population aged 5 years or older.
Percentages do not total 100 because participants could choose more than 1 ethnicity.