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Table 1.4
Informal sources of support sought by victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014 Table 1.4
Informal sources of support sought by victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014

Table 1.4
Informal sources of support sought by victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Informal sources of support sought by victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse. The information is grouped by Source of support (appearing as row headers), Males, Females and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Source of support	Males^{Table 1.4 Note †}	Females	Total
Source of support	percent
Family member	20	26^Note *	23
Friend	9	12^Note *	10
Teacher	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	3^Note *	2
Doctor or nurse	1^{Note E: Use with caution}	3^Note *	2
Spiritual advisor	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Neighbour	0.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.5
Other^{Table 1.4 Note 1}	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.8
Spoke to no one	72	62^Note *	67
^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. Includes coaches, employers, and other individuals not otherwise specified. Return to note 1 referrer Note: Includes respondents aged 15 and older who reported having experienced physical and/or sexual abuse before age 15. Respondents may have indicated more than one source of informal support. Therefore, percentages do not add to 100. 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.

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Date modified:: 2017-02-16