Model 1
Logistic regression: Odds ratios for stalking victimization, by characteristics, Canada, 2014

Model 1
Logistic regression: Odds ratios for stalking victimization, by characteristics, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Logistic regression: Odds ratios for stalking victimization. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Odds ratio (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Odds ratio
Sex
Male Reference category
Female 1.85Note ***
Age group (years)
15 to 34 Reference category
35 to 54 0.78Note ***
55 and older 0.51Note ***
Marital status
Married/common-law Reference category
Separated/divorced 2Note ***
Widowed 0.98Note ***
Single 1.9Note ***
History of child abuseModel 1 Note 1
No Reference category
Yes 2.71Note ***
History of homelessnessModel 1 Note 2
No Reference category
Yes 1.87Note ***
Learning disabilityModel 1 Note 3
No Reference category
Yes 1.98Note ***
Drug use in past monthModel 1 Note 4
No Reference category
Yes 1.52Note ***
Emotional/mental/psychological disabilityModel 1 Note 5
No Reference category
Yes 1.55Note ***
Physical disabilityModel 1 Note 6
No Reference category
Yes 1.36Note ***
Social disorder in neighbourhoodModel 1 Note 7
No Reference category
Yes 1.53Note ***
Neighbours call police
Yes Reference category
No 1.67Note ***
Sense of belonging to community
Yes Reference category
No 1.19Note *
Number of evening activities
0 to 10 Reference category
11 or more 1.37Note ***
Presence of children 18 and under
No Reference category
Yes 1.27Note *
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.001)

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Note 1

Includes respondents who reported that they had experienced at least one instance of childhood physical and/or sexual abuse by an adult aged 18 and older before they turned 15.

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Note 2

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.

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Note 3

Includes respondents who reported that they have a condition which makes it difficult to learn that limits their daily activities sometimes, often or always, excluding mental or psychological conditions.

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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.

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Note 5

Includes respondents who reported that their emotional, mental or psychological condition limits their daily activities sometimes, often or always, excluding learning disabilities.

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Note 6

Includes respondents who reported a physical condition which makes it difficult for them to walk up stairs or along flat ground for fifteen minutes sometimes, often or always.

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Note 7

Includes respondents who described their neighbourhood as one characterized by vandalism, graffiti and damage to property, people using or dealing drugs, noise and loud parties, garbage lying around, people being drunk or rowdy or hanging around in the street and people in the neighbourhood being attacked or harassed because of skin colour, ethnic origin or religion.

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Note: Stalking includes repeated and unwanted attention that causes the victim to fear for their personal safety or for the safety of someone they know. Only significant characteristics were retained in the final model. For all the variables tested, see the variables presented in the “Methodology for logistic regression” section.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.
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