Traditional Values
While the traditional values of different Native peoples in the Arctic likely differ, it appeared during pretests of the Survey of Living Conditions that many values are held in common.
TRADVAL Sum of "very important" values g1ar-g1dr, g1fr-g1or.
TRADVALR Grouped values of TRADVAL (3 category).
COMTRAD A summary measure of G4a-G4t giving the sum of "very satisfied" responses for the 20 values promoted in the community.
G4AR TO G4TR Recode of G4A - G4T 1 'very dissatis' 2 'somewhat dissat' 3 'neither' 4 'somewhat satis' 5 'very satisfied'
COMTRD2 Better measure than COMTRAD based on all responses to G4ar -G4tr
SUBVAL higher importance of either of three variables: "hunting and fishing I do" (G1b) and "harvesting of wild berries and plants I do" (G1d) and "preserving of Inupiat foods I do" (G1f).G1er Importance of "occupation or profession" (Note: this is a reversal of value codes for G1e).
C21 Preference for lifestyle - working on a wage job; harvesting, herding, processing; both.
NATLGUSE grouped values of use of Native language in household, work, school, and other places
NATSUBJ Combination of taught Native language in school, taught subjects in Native language, and taught Native culture and history (B33-B35,B46-B48).
CHRISTN Index based on g6 to g9.
G12. Native spiritual beliefs part of life.
C21 Which lifestyle would you prefer
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Frequency |
Percent |
Valid Percent |
Cumulative Percent |
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|
Valid |
1 working on a wage job |
126 |
19.0 |
20.0 |
20.0 |
|
2 harvesting, herding or processing own food |
55 |
8.3 |
8.7 |
28.8 |
|
|
3 both |
448 |
67.6 |
71.2 |
100.0 |
|
|
Total |
629 |
94.9 |
100.0 |
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Missing |
0 inappropriate |
3 |
.5 |
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|
8 don't know |
12 |
1.8 |
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|
9 not ascertained |
19 |
2.9 |
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|
Total |
34 |
5.1 |
|||
|
Total |
663 |
100.0 |