Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014 Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014

Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse. The information is grouped by Type of characteristic or life outcome (appearing as row headers), Victims of child abuse, Not victims of child abuse, Total, Males and Females, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of characteristic or life outcome	Victims of child abuse^{Table 1.7 Note 1}			Not victims of child abuse^{Table 1.7 Note †}			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Total
	percent
Mental/psychological disability^{Table 1.7 Note 2}
Yes	7^Note *	14^Note *	10^Note *	3	5	4	6
No	92^Note *	86^Note *	89^Note *	96	94	95	93
Drug use in past month^{Table 1.7 Note 3}
Yes	13^Note *	7^Note *	10^Note *	9	3	6	7
No	86^Note *	92^Note *	89^Note *	91	96	94	92
Binge drinking in past month^{Table 1.7 Note 4}
Yes	34	21^Note *	28^Note *	34	17	25	26
No	65	79^Note *	71^Note *	64	82	74	72
History of homelessness^{Table 1.7 Note 5}
Yes	15^Note *	15^Note *	15^Note *	6	5	6	8
No	84^Note *	85^Note *	84^Note *	93	94	94	90
Arrested in the past 12 months
Yes	2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	0.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	1^Note *	1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0.6	0.8
No	98^Note *	100	99^Note *	99	100	99	99
Satisfaction with personal safety
Satisfied or very satisfied	89^Note *	81^Note *	86^Note *	93	87	90	88
Neither satisfied or not	7^Note *	14^Note *	10^Note *	5	9	7	8
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied	3^Note *	4^Note *	3^Note *	2	3	2	3
Confidence in police
Some or great deal of confidence	87^Note *	91^Note *	89^Note *	91	94	92	91
Little or no confidence	13^Note *	9^Note *	11^Note *	8	5	6	8
Confidence in courts
Some or great deal of confidence	67^Note *	69^Note *	68^Note *	73	75	74	71
Little or no confidence	30^Note *	26^Note *	28^Note *	22	17	19	22
Belonging to community
Strong or somewhat strong	72^Note *	71^Note *	72^Note *	76	77	76	75
Weak or somewhat weak	25^Note *	26^Note *	26^Note *	21	19	20	22
Trust in family members
Can trust or trust strongly	95^Note *	95^Note *	95^Note *	98	98	98	97
Can trust somewhat	3^Note *	3^Note *	3^Note *	1	1	1	2
Cannot trust	1^Note *	2^Note *	1^Note *	0.6	0.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.5	0.8
Trust in strangers
Can trust or trust strongly	8^Note *	9	9^Note *	11	9	10	9
Can trust somewhat	31	29	30	31	28	30	29
Cannot trust	58^Note *	60	59^Note *	55	60	57	58
Self-rated physical health
Very good or excellent	57^Note *	56^Note *	57^Note *	64	64	64	61
Good	30^Note *	29^Note *	30^Note *	27	27	27	28
Poor	13^Note *	15^Note *	14^Note *	9	9	9	11
Marital status
Married/common-law	67^Note *	59	64^Note *	60	59	60	61
Separated/divorced/widowed	8^Note *	16	12	6	15	11	11
Single	25^Note *	25	25^Note *	33	26	30	28
Education
High school or less	39^Note *	36^Note *	38^Note *	44	42	43	41
College, less than bachelor's degree	33^Note *	36^Note *	35^Note *	30	31	30	32
Bachelor's degree or higher	27^Note *	27	27^Note *	25	27	26	26
Main activity in past 12 months
Employed	68^Note *	56^Note *	62^Note *	63	48	55	57
Student	8^Note *	9^Note *	9^Note *	14	14	14	12
Other^{Table 1.7 Note 6}	23	35^Note *	29	22	37	30	30
Personal income
Less than $20,000	19	29^Note *	24^Note *	21	31	26	25
$20,000 to $39,999	18	22^Note *	20^Note *	18	24	21	21
$40,000 to $59,999	16	15	16	16	15	15	15
$60,000 to $79,999	11	9^Note *	10^Note *	11	7	9	9
$80,000 to $99,999	7	5^Note *	6^Note *	7	4	5	5
$100,000 to $119,999	4	2	3^Note *	3	1	2	3
$120,000 and over	8^Note *	2	5^Note *	7	2	4	5
^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 respondents who reported experiencing childhood physical and/or sexual abuse by an adult before age 15. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes respondents who reported that their mental or psychological condition limits their daily activities sometimes, often or always, excluding learning disabilities. It is not known if those who reported a mental or psychological condition first experienced it before or after they experienced child abuse. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes respondents who reported that they had used non-prescribed drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy and others during the preceding month. Cannabis prescribed by a doctor is excluded. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes respondents who reported that they had 5 or more alcoholic beverages on the same occasion during the preceding month. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes respondents who reported that at some point in their lives they had to live in a shelter, on the street or an abandoned building, or had to make temporary living arrangements because they had nowhere else to go. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Includes respondents who were looking for paid work, retired, on parental leave, homemakers, stay-at-home parents, full-time volunteers or caregivers, experiencing a long-term illness, or involved in other activities outside of paid employment or study not otherwise specified. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Includes respondents aged 15 years and older. 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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Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014 Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014

Table 1.7 Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014 Table 1.7 Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014

Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014 Table 1.7
Characteristics and life outcomes of victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, by sex, Canada, 2014