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Data table for Chart 1 The types of shelters women seek vary according to their needs

Types de refuges Women in shelters for reason of abuse Women in shelters for other reasons
percentage of residents
on April 16, 2008
Transition house 42 31
Second stage housing 24 7
Women's emergency centre 12 15
Emergency shelter 15 28
Other1 6 19
1. 'Other' includes safe home networks, Ontario Family Resource Centres, and Manitoba Interim Housing as well as any other facilities not otherwise classified. This represents approximately 9% of all facilities.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey, 2007/2008.