Table 6
Selected characteristics of incidents of self-reported violent victimization, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014

Table 6
Selected characteristics of incidents of self-reported violent victimization, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of incidents of self-reported violent victimization. The information is grouped by Characteristics of the incident (appearing as row headers), Has a disability, Does not have a disability, Women, Men and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics of the incident	Has a disability^{Table 6 Note 1}			Does not have a disability^{Table 6 Note †}
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total
	percent
Location of the incident
Residence of the victim	26	37^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	30^Note *	17	16	17
Other private residence	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	12^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	13
Commercial or institutional establishment	44^Note **	23^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	36	45	36	41
Street or other public place	12^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	24^{Note E: Use with caution}	16^Note *	18^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	33	25
Other	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Don't know/refusal	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sex of offender^{Table 6 Note 2}
Male	85	87	85	84	89	86
Female	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	13
Age of offender (years)^{Table 6 Note 2}
Under 18	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	11
18 to 24	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	20^{Note E: Use with caution}	25	25^{Note E: Use with caution}	21^{Note E: Use with caution}	24
25 to 34	23^{Note E: Use with caution}	30^{Note E: Use with caution}	25	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	24^{Note E: Use with caution}	25
35 to 44	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	22^{Note E: Use with caution}	16
45 to 54	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	18^{Note E: Use with caution}	12^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}
55 and older	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	9^{Note E: Use with caution}
Relationship of offender to the victim^{Table 6 Note 3}
Family	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5^{Note E: Use with caution}
Friend, acquaintance, neighbour	44	43^Note *	43	44^Note **	26	35
Stranger	35	49^Note *	40^Note *	39^Note **	67	52
Other	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Number of offenders
One	77	63	72	84^Note **	71	78
Two	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Three or more	12^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	6^{Note E: à utiliser avec prudence}^Note **	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	9^{Note E: Use with caution}
Don't know/refusal	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Incident related to the offender's alcohol or drug use
Yes	50	65	55	48	56	52
No	36	24^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	32	45	35	40
Don't know/refusal	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}
Presence of a weapon
Yes	17^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	42^{Note E: Use with caution}	26	16^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	37	26
No	77^Note **	51	68	80^Note **	60	71
Don't know/refusal	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Caused physical injuries
Yes	28^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	19^{Note E: Use with caution}	25^Note *	11^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	23	16
No	72^Note *	81	75	88^Note **	77	83
Difficulty carrying out everyday activities as a result
Yes	38^Note *	31^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	36^Note *	24^Note **	12^{Note E: Use with caution}	18
No	58^Note *	64^Note *	60^Note *	73^Note **	86	79
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) only Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from category "Men" (p < 0.05) only 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. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes incidents for which there was more than one offender. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes incidents for which the victim identified the number of offenders. If there was more than one offender, the relationship is that of the offender with the closest relationship to the victim. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Excludes incidents of sexual assault and physical assault between spouses. The answers "Don't know" and "Refusal" are included in the calculation of percentages, but may not appear in the table when they represent less than 5% of responses. Because of the inclusion of responses of "Don't know" and "Refusal" and because of rounding, totals may not add to 100%. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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Table 6
Selected characteristics of incidents of self-reported violent victimization, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014

Table 6 Selected characteristics of incidents of self-reported violent victimization, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014

Table 6
Selected characteristics of incidents of self-reported violent victimization, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014