Table 12

Table 12
Perceptions of social disorder in the neighbourhood, by Aboriginal identity, Canada's ten provinces, 2009
Type of social disorder	Aboriginal people		Non-Aboriginal people^†
	A problem	Not a problem	A problem	Not a problem
	percent
Noisy neighbours or loud parties	33^*	67^*	25	75
People hanging around on the streets	32^*	68^*	23	76
People sleeping on the streets or in other public places	11	89	8	92
Garbage or litter lying around	39^*	61^*	29	71
Vandalism, graffiti and other deliberate damage to property or vehicles	41^*	59^*	32	67
People being attacked or harassed because of their skin colour, ethnic origin or religion?	14	83^*	11	87
People using or dealing drugs	37^*	55^*	27	69
People being drunk or rowdy in public places	37^*	60^*	25	74
Prostitution	9	88	8	90
† reference category * Significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Note: Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Responses "Don't know and Not stated" are included in the total. Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding and "Don't know" and "not stated" answers. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.

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