7.5 Institutional Client Profile
A worker at one provincial institution provided the researcher with a client
profile of 110 inmates, as follows:
Age:
| 18 - 20 years |
21% |
| 21 - 26 years |
32% |
| 26 - 30 years |
23% |
| 31 - 35 years |
16% |
| 36 - 40 years |
6% |
| 41+ |
2% |
Ethnic Origin:
| Treaty Native |
65% |
| Other Native |
19% |
| Other |
16% |
Stated Level of Education:
Grade Level (It should be noted that grade level is not necessarily
indicative of literacy level)
| 0 - Grade Four |
1% |
| Grade Five |
0% |
| Grade Six |
5% |
| Grade Seven |
14% |
| Grade Eight |
21% |
| Grade Nine |
15% |
| Grade Ten |
24% |
| Grade Eleven |
8% |
| Grade Twelve |
12% |
| Not Given |
1% |
Stated Employment:
| Employed Full Time |
4.0% |
| Employed Part Time |
0.9% |
| Unemployed |
94.0% |
| Doesn't Say |
1.8% |
| Babysitter |
4.0% |
| Housewife |
24.0% |
| Student |
7.0% |
| Professional, Technical or Clerical Worker |
4.0% |
| Other (understood to mean prostitution as a profession) |
51.0% |
| Skilled Labourer |
4.0% |
| Unskilled Labourer |
5.0% |
| No answer |
1.0% |
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