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Table 6
Perceptions of personal safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014

Table 6
Perceptions of personal safety, by sex and self-reported sexual assault victimization, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of safety. The information is grouped by Perceptions of safety (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Total, Victims and Non-victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perceptions of safety	Women		Men		Total
	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 6 Note †}	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 6 Note †}	Victims	Non-victims^{Table 6 Note †}
	percent
Satisfaction with personal safety from crime
Very satisfied	25^{Note E: Use with caution}	32^Note **	32^{Note E: Use with caution}	44	26^Note *	38
Satisfied	42^Note *	53^Note **	39^{Note E: Use with caution}	47	41^Note *	50
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	26^Note *	10^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6	25^Note *	8
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	3^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	2	8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3
Feeling of safety when walking alone after dark^{Table 6 Note 1}
Somewhat or very unsafe	28^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	11^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4	25^Note *	7
Reasonably safe	48	50^Note **	42^{Note E: Use with caution}	32	47	40
Very safe	24^Note ***	38^Note **	46^{Note E: Use with caution}	64	27^Note *	53
Feeling of safety when using public transportation alone after dark^{Table 6 Note 2}
Somewhat or very worried	64^Note *	48^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	21	59^Note *	33
Not at all worried	35^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	50^Note **	62^{Note E: Use with caution}	78	39^Note *	66
Feeling of safety when home alone after dark^{Table 6 Note 3}
Somewhat or very worried	31^Note *	16^Note **	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5	30^Note *	11
Not at all worried	69^Note *	83^Note **	80^Note *	94	70^Note *	89
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note estimate for women significantly different from estimate for men (p < 0.05) but not reference category Return to note referrer Note * estimate for women significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for men (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Excludes those who reported that they never walked alone after dark. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes those who reported that they never used public transportation alone after dark or that public transportation was unavailable to them. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Excludes those who reported that they were never home alone after dark. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Includes spousal and non-spousal sexual assault. 'Victims' refer to those who reported that they were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. Responses of don't know/refusal are included in the calculation of percentages but are not displayed if they represent less than 5% of all responses. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-07-11