Table 1.8
Physical and mental health, substance use, arrests and homelessness among victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, Canada, 2014 Table 1.8
Physical and mental health, substance use, arrests and homelessness among victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, Canada, 2014

Table 1.8
Physical and mental health, substance use, arrests and homelessness among victims of self-reported childhood physical and/or sexual abuse, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Physical and mental health. The information is grouped by Type of characteristic or life outcome (appearing as row headers), Victims of child abuse, Not victims of child abuse and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of characteristic or life outcome	Victims of child abuse^{Table 1.8 Note 1}	Not victims of child abuse^{Table 1.8 Note †}	Total
Type of characteristic or life outcome	percent
Self-rated physical health
Total
Very good or excellent	57^Note *	64	61
Good	30^Note *	27	28
Poor	14^Note *	9	11
Adult victim^{Table 1.8 Note 2}
Very good or excellent	52^Note *	68	61
Good	29^Note *	24	26
Poor	18^Note *	8	12
Not adult victim
Very good or excellent	57^Note *	64	61
Good	30^Note *	27	28
Poor	13^Note *	9	10
Mental/psychological disability^{Table 1.8 Note 3}
Total
Yes	10^Note *	4	6
No	89^Note *	95	93
Adult victim^{Table 1.8 Note 2}
Yes	16^Note *	9	12
No	84^Note *	91	87
Not adult victim
Yes	9^Note *	4	5
No	90^Note *	96	93
Drug use in past month^{Table 1.8 Note 4}
Total
Yes	10^Note *	6	7
No	89^Note *	94	92
Adult victim^{Table 1.8 Note 2}
Yes	22^Note *	16	18
No	77^Note *	84	81
Not adult victim
Yes	8^Note *	5	6
No	91^Note *	94	93
Binge drinking in past month^{Table 1.8 Note 5}
Total
Yes	28^Note *	25	26
No	71^Note *	74	72
Adult victim^{Table 1.8 Note 2}
Yes	38	38	38
No	61	61	61
Not adult victim
Yes	26^Note *	24	24
No	73^Note *	75	74
Arrested in the past 12 months
Total
Yes	1^Note *	0.6	0.8
No	99^Note *	99	99
Adult victim^{Table 1.8 Note 2}
Yes	Note F: too unreliable to be published	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2^{Note E: Use with caution}
No	96	98	97
Not adult victim
Yes	1^Note *	0.5	0.7
No	99^Note *	99	99
History of homelessness^{Table 1.8 Note 6}
Total
Yes	15^Note *	6	8
No	84^Note *	94	90
Adult victim^{Table 1.8 Note 2}
Yes	25^Note *	10	16
No	75^Note *	90	83
Not adult victim
Yes	13^Note *	5	8
No	86^Note *	94	91
^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 having experienced sexual assault, robbery or attempted robbery, assault, and theft or attempted theft after they had turned 15 and during the 12 months preceding the survey. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. 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 3 referrer Note 4. 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 4 referrer Note 5. Includes respondents who reported that they had 5 or more alcoholic beverages on the same occasion during the preceding month. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. 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 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.

Date modified:: 2017-02-16

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