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in areas of low or moderate isolation were the most likelyto say that being Indigenous as something they rarelythought about. However, these proportions were still quitelow at 8.4 per cent and 7.7 per cent respectively.All primary carers were asked what it is about Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander culture that they would like topass on to the child. The respondents could choose from12 options with the opportunity of adding an alternativeunder ’other’. The options were based on an analysis ofthe most common open ended responses provided inwave 1 to the question ‘What is it about Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander culture that will help your child growup strong?’ Just under 4 per cent of primary carers refusedto answer these questions or were not sure about theanswer, and only 1.9 per cent added an ‘other’ option.The top five cultural aspects of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander culture that primary carers wanted to pass on totheir children were: knowing family history and heritage(63.5 per cent), showing respect (62.4 per cent), havingpride in your identity, knowing who you are (58.1 per cent),knowing your country, where you are from (53.1 per cent)and finding bush tucker, hunting and fishing (41.1 per cent).When divided by LORI, combinations of these five reasonswere the top two for each isolation level (Table 44).Finding bush tucker, hunting and fishing was especiallyimportant to people in areas of high or extreme isolationwhere 83.8 per cent said they wanted to pass on theseskills to their children. This was the highest response to anyof the options across the LORI areas. Knowing traditionsand ceremonies was also of greater importance to thosein areas of high or extreme isolation (56.3 per cent) thanto people in other areas (between 27.9 per cent and41.7 per cent). Spiritual beliefs and storytelling were ratedmore highly in areas of no isolation.The data also allows consideration of the link betweenlanguage and culture. Figure 25 shows some differencesbetween the choices made by families who classifiedthemselves as speaking an Indigenous language in thehome and those who spoke no Indigenous language.Table 44: Aspects of culture to pass on to childLORI Most important Second most importantNone (urban) Knowing your family history and heritage Pride in your identityLow Showing respect Knowing your family history and heritageModerate Finding bush tucker, hunting and fishing Knowing your country, where you are fromHigh/extreme Finding bush tucker, hunting and fishing Showing respectFigure 25: Relationship of cultural values and language, per cent56 Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children | Key Summary Report from Wave 3