Table 4
Physical or sexual abuse experienced during childhood, by sex, type of disability, and type of abuse, 2014

Table 4
Physical or sexual abuse experienced during childhood, by sex, type of disability, and type of abuse, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Physical or sexual abuse experienced during childhood. The information is grouped by Sex and disability (appearing as row headers), Sexual abuse, Physical abuse and Physical or sexual abuse, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex and disability	Sexual abuse	Physical abuse	Physical or sexual abuse
Sex and disability	percent
Women
Has a disability^{Table 4 Note 1}	19.5^Note ***	30.3^Note ***	38.2^Note ***
Sensory disability^{Table 4 Note 2}	19.5^Note ***	31.4^Note ***	38.6^Note *
Physical disability	20.1^Note ***	30.5^Note ***	38.6^Note ***
Cognitive disability	24.3^Note ***	41.6^Note ***	48.3^Note *
Mental health-related disability	25.9^Note ***	42.0^Note ***	50.3^Note *
No disability^{Table 4 Note †}	9.1^Note **	19.1^Note **	23.5^Note **
Men
Has a disability^{Table 4 Note 1}	7.0^Note *	41.4^Note *	42.8^Note *
Sensory disability^{Table 4 Note 2}	7.9^Note *	40.3^Note *	42.0^Note *
Physical disability	7.8^Note *	43.2^Note *	44.6^Note *
Cognitive disability	12.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	49.5^Note *	51.5^Note *
Mental health-related disability	9.6^Note *	51.6^Note *	53.2^Note *
No disability^{Table 4 Note †}	3.1	28.7	29.8
Total
Has a disability^{Table 4 Note 1}	14.2^Note *	35.0^Note *	40.2^Note *
Sensory disability^{Table 4 Note 2}	13.8^Note *	35.8^Note *	40.3^Note *
Physical disability	15.1^Note *	35.7^Note *	41.0^Note *
Cognitive disability	18.3^Note *	45.5^Note *	49.9^Note *
Mental health-related disability	20.0^Note *	45.4^Note *	51.3^Note *
No disability^{Table 4 Note †}	6.0	24.0	26.8
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from estimate for men (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and from estimate for men (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes persons who indicated having a sensory, physical, cognitive, mental health-related, or any other unspecified disability. Note that this category is not a sum of its subcategories as respondents could indicate all disabilities which applied. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes persons with a vision or hearing disability. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Sexual abuse and physical abuse includes acts committed by an adult (someone 18 years of age and older) before the respondent was 15. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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Table 4
Physical or sexual abuse experienced during childhood, by sex, type of disability, and type of abuse, 2014

Table 4 Physical or sexual abuse experienced during childhood, by sex, type of disability, and type of abuse, 2014

Table 4
Physical or sexual abuse experienced during childhood, by sex, type of disability, and type of abuse, 2014