SLICA
The goal of this project is to develop new indicators of living conditions for Sami and Inuit communities in the Arctic. The new research design and the indicators are to reflect the specific economic and cultural characteristics of the indigenous peoples and include a statistical method for sampling in the Arctic. The Inuit and Saami populations in Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Nunavik, Labrador, Greenland, Alaska, Chukotka, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Kola Peninsula share a number of economic, cultural and technological concerns in common. Current measures show higher unemployment, lower income levels, poorer health and more social problems among Inuit and Saami than among the rest of the population in these countries. As a result, it is important, from the perspective of policy planning as well as research, to be able to accurately document the present level and any future changes of the conditions of life in these areas.