Table 7
Reporting violent victimization to police and reasons for not reporting, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014

Table 7
Reporting violent victimization to police and reasons for not reporting, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reporting violent victimization to police and reasons for not reporting. The information is grouped by Reporting to police and reasons for not reporting (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).
Reporting to police and reasons for not reporting	Has a disability^{Table 7 Note 1}			Does not have a disability^{Table 7 Note †}
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total
	percent
Came to the attention of police
Yes	26	30	28	21^Note **	39	29
Reported by respondent	77	60^{Note E: Use with caution}	70	63	65	64
Reported some other way	Note F: too unreliable to be published	40^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^{Note E: Use with caution}	37^{Note E: Use with caution}	34	35
No	69	64	68	76^Note **	58	68
Reason for not reporting incident(s) to the police
Incident was a private or personal matter and was handled informally	70	73^Note *	71^Note *	61	54	58
Crime was minor and not worth taking the time to report	64	59	63	69	74	71
Did not want the hassle of dealing with the police	57^Note *	63^Note *	59^Note *	40	45	42
No one was harmed/no financial loss	51	49	50	57	46	53
Police wouldn't have considered the incident important enough	46	59^Note *	50^Note *	39	37	38
Offender would not be convicted or adequately punished	52^Note *	41^{Note E: Use with caution}	48^Note *	28	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	28
Lack of evidence	40	45^Note *	41^Note *	32^Note **	20^{Note E: Use with caution}	27
Feared or did not want the hassle of dealing with the court process	40^Note *	44	41^Note *	21^{Note E: Use with caution}	33	26
Police would not have been effective	32^{Note E: Use with caution}	38^{Note E: Use with caution}	34	18^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^{Note E: Use with caution}	23
No harm was intended	33	25^{Note E: Use with caution}	30	32^Note **	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	26
Unsatisfactory service (from police) in the past	27^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	27^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}
Did not want to get the offender in trouble	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	27	30	25^{Note E: Use with caution}	28
Police wouldn’t have found property/offender	21^{Note E: Use with caution}	36^{Note E: Use with caution}	26	19^{Note E: Use with caution}	22^{Note E: Use with caution}	20
Fear of revenge by the offender	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	23^{Note E: Use with caution}	25^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	20^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	14^{Note E: Use with caution}
Didn’t want others to know^{Table 7 Note 2}	30^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	23	25^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	16^{Note E: Use with caution}
Reported to another official	24^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	19^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}
Police would be biased	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	15^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	9^{Note E: Use with caution}
Reporting to the police would bring shame and dishonour to the family	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Could have caused victim trouble with the law	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	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}
Other	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9^{Note E: Use with caution}
^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 Includes publicity and news coverage. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Excludes incidents of sexual assault and physical assault between spouses. Responses of "Don't know" and "Refusal" are included in the calculation of percentages but are not displayed. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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Table 7
Reporting violent victimization to police and reasons for not reporting, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014

Table 7 Reporting violent victimization to police and reasons for not reporting, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014

Table 7
Reporting violent victimization to police and reasons for not reporting, by disability and sex, Canada, 2014