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Table 1.3
Victims of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse, by sex and relationship of perpetrator to victim in most serious incident, Canada, 2014 Table 1.3
Victims of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse, by sex and relationship of perpetrator to victim in most serious incident, Canada, 2014

Table 1.3
Victims of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse, by sex and relationship of perpetrator to victim in most serious incident, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse. The information is grouped by Relationship of perpetrator to victim in most serious incident (appearing as row headers), Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Males, Females and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of perpetrator to victim in most serious incident	Physical abuse			Sexual abuse
	Males^{Table 1.3 Note †}	Females	Total	Males^{Table 1.3 Note †}	Females	Total
	percent
Parent or step-parent	54	71^Note *	61	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^Note *	11
Other family member^{Table 1.3 Note 1}	8	11^Note *	9	13	31^Note *	26
Boy/girlfriend, friend, neighbour^{Table 1.3 Note 2}	10	6^Note *	8	27	31	30
Teacher, tutor, professor	14	4^Note *	10	15	3^Note *	6
Babysitter or nanny	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	0^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	3
Stranger	7	2^Note *	5	35	16^Note *	21
Other^{Table 1.3 Note 3}	3	2^Note *	2	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2^{Note E: Use with caution}
^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. Other family members include grandparents, siblings, uncles, aunts, etc. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes current or former boyfriends or girlfriends, friends, acquaintances, neighbours, classmates and persons known by sight only. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes health practitioners, boarders, employers, and other relationships not otherwise specified. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Includes respondents aged 15 and older. Includes the relationship between the victim and the person responsible for the most severe instance of abuse. Respondents reporting experiences of childhood physical abuse may also have reported childhood sexual abuse, and vice-versa. Responses of 'don't know' and 'refuse' are not shown but are included in percent calculations. For this reason, percent totals may not add to 100%. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-02-16