Table 1 Rotated component loadings of individual difference scale scores for Causal Beliefs about Indigenous Inequities

The negative effects of the Residential School System are a significant contributor to the health and social gaps that exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples today

.780

Indian Residential Schools were in the distant past so they probably don’t play a huge role in the health/social gaps that exist today between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians (R)

.823

The negative effects of the Residential School System have been transferred from one generation to the next and contribute to ongoing gaps in health/social outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples

.828

Numerous policies put into place through the Indian Act over generations have contributed to the present-day health disparities affecting Indigenous Peoples

.836

It is unlikely that the residential school system has negatively affected the well-being of the children and grandchildren of those who attended these schools. (R)

.882

There is no relationship between the social determinants of health (e.g., housing, income, education) and the historical and on-going health and social gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples (R)

.619

.456

Indigenous Peoples in some contexts do not receive equitable health services which contribute to ongoing health disparities

.517

Indigenous Peoples in Canada receive the same amount or more funding for social and health services relative to non-Indigenous Canadians (R)

.848

Indigenous People in Canada have equal or more access to government-provided health care. (R)

.800

Differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples in key social determinants of health such as income and education play a significant role in contributing to health and social inequities between these groups

.482

.574

Certain on-going government policies related to the provision of social services contribute to the ongoing health inequities facing the Indigenous Peoples in Canada

.490

.609

The long-term effects of the residential school system have been over-exaggerated in the media and/or society in general. (R)

.552

.611