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Table 1.2
Victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by minimum frequency of abuse and by sex, Canada, 2014 Table 1.2
Victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by minimum frequency of abuse and by sex, Canada, 2014

Table 1.2
Victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by minimum frequency of abuse and by sex, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse. The information is grouped by Frequency of abuse (appearing as row headers), Males, Females and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Frequency of abuse	Males^{Table 1.2 Note †}		Females		Total
Frequency of abuse	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Physical abuse^{Table 1.2 Note 1}
Minimum 1 to 6 instances of abuse	2,865,600	65	2,077,052	65	4,942,652	65
Minimum 7 to 21 instances of abuse	931,150	21	612,301	19	1,543,451	20
Minimum 22 instances of abuse	597,753	14	482,729	15	1,080,482	14
Sexual abuse^{Table 1.2 Note 2}
Minimum 1 to 6 instances of abuse	479,833	88	1,330,286	77^Note *	1,810,118	80
Minimum 7 to 21 instances of abuse	33,077^{Note E: Use with caution}	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	203,764	12^Note *	236,841	10
Minimum 22 instances of abuse	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	183,930	11	218,381	10
Physical and/or sexual abuse^{Table 1.2 Note 3}
Minimum 1 to 6 instances of abuse	2,972,496	65	2,596,452	66	5,568,948	65
Minimum 7 to 21 instances of abuse	961,678	21	736,698	19^Note *	1,698,376	20
Minimum 22 instances of abuse	620,216	14	619,366	16^Note *	1,239,582	15
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference group (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference group Return to note † referrer Note 1. Respondents may also have reported sexual abuse by an adult before age 15. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Respondents may also have reported physical abuse by an adult before age 15. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes respondents who reported having experienced either or both physical or sexual abuse by an adult before age 15. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Totals and percent calculations exclude respondents that answered ‘don’t know’ or ‘refusal’ to any of the questions on childhood physical and sexual abuse. Approximately 4% of respondents answered ‘don’t know’ or ‘refusal’ to one of these questions. For this reason, totals presented here may not match totals presented on other tables, which may include respondents that answered 'don't know' or 'refusal' to one of these questions. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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Date modified:: 2017-02-16