Table 3.12
Victims of self-reported spousal violence (within the past 5 years) reporting the presence or absence of child witnesses, by sex of spousal victim and contact with police, 2009

Table 3.12
Victims of self-reported spousal violence (within the past 5 years) reporting the presence or absence of child witnesses, by sex of spousal victim and contact with police, 2009
Sex of spousal violence victim	Children witnessed violence		Children did not witness violence
	Police contact^{Note †}	No police contact	Police contact	No police contact
	percent
Male spousal victim	25^{Note E: Use with caution}	75	Note F: too unreliable to be published	94
Female spousal victim	48	52	15^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Note *}	82
Total	39	61	*10^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Note }**	89
† reference category E use with caution F too unreliable to be published * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Note: Excludes a small number of cases where the victim reported they were a victim of spousal violence by both a current and previous spouse or partner. Includes only those spousal violence victims with one or more children. Spouse includes legally married, common-law, same-sex, separated, and divorced couples. Excludes dating relationships. Data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut were collected using a different methodology and are therefore excluded. Totals may not add to 100% due to not stated and don't know responses. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.

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