ERIC Number: ED272350
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Jan-15
Pages: 142
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A Summary of Changes in the Status of Alaska Natives.
Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research.
Replication of 78 tables from the 1973 2(c) Report by the Secretary of the Interior using 1980 census information provided data to document the social and economic changes in the status of Alaska Natives since the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Comparison of 1970 and 1980 data showed an average 2.4% growth rate in the Native population over the decade, a .7% decline in the percentage of the state's population represented by Alaska Natives, a decline in Native fertility rates, a 29% drop in infant mortality, and a 58% average annual increase in the suicide rate. Other comparisons indicated that although urban Native populations are the fastest growing, over 60% of Alaska Natives still live in rural communities; the proportion of Natives aged 18-24 completing high school increased from 37% to 59% over the decade; Native male unemployment showed negligible changes between 1970 and 1980 while increasing numbers of Native women entered the labor force; and although Native family real income increased 39% since 1969, 26% of Native Alaskans lived below the poverty line in 1980. All 78 2(c) Report tables with 1980 data on population, education, vital statistics, housing, employment, and income are appended. (NEC)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Change, Comparative Analysis, Economic Change, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Housing, Income, Minority Groups, Population Trends, Quality of Life, Social Change, Socioeconomic Status, Suicide, Well Being, Whites
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Alaska Univ., Anchorage. Inst. of Social and Economic Research.
Identifiers - Location: Alaska
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 1972
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