Sentence examples for Indigenous peers from inspiring English sources
Understanding the hateful climate and the role I played in it in my youth was difficult, but for my Indigenous peers the stakes were much higher.
Furthermore, it has been observed that Chilean Mapuche adolescents are taller than their indigenous peers in Latin America [ 28- 30].
The GLM for repeated measures indicated a significant increase in height over time in both groups (p < 0.001), although the non-indigenous girls presented a higher increase in height over time compared to their indigenous peers.
After this the first author discussed the findings and her interpretations with the research team, including one Indigenous peer researcher, which elicited further discussion and refinement.
They fare better in numeracy, with Years 5 through to 9 achieving the same results as their non-Indigenous peers.
Indigenous children are now slightly more likely than their non-Indigenous peers to be immunised, and the number of women failing to have antenatal check-ups or smoking during pregnancy has fallen significantly.
So more Indigenous children are being removed today than at any other time in Australian history – they are 10 times more likely to be in care than their non-Indigenous peers.
Indigenous children were eight times more likely to come into contact with the system than their non-Indigenous peers and 11 times more likely to be living in out-of-home care, considered an "intervention of last resort".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are 24 times more likely to be jailed than their non-Indigenous peers, and in 2016 every state except Tasmania jailed children as young as 10 or 11, contrary to the international convention on the rights of the child which states the minimum age of criminal culpability should be 12.
Indigenous Australians are six times more likely to be arrested for any offence than their non-Indigenous peers.
"Indigenous identity is changing, a majority of them live in urban areas with opportunities and education similar to non-Indigenous peers," Dr Sammut said.
