Table 1A
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence, Canada, 2018

Table 1A
Table summary
This table displays the results of Intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Type of intimate partner violence (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Experienced since age 15, Experienced in the past 12 months, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of intimate partner violence	Women^{Table 1A Note †}						Men
	Experienced since age 15^{Table 1AfNote 1}			Experienced in the past 12 months^{Table 1A Note 2}			Experienced since age 15^{Table 1A Note 1}			Experienced in the past 12 months^{Table 1A Note 2}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Emotional, financial, or psychological abuse
Been jealous and didn't want you to talk to other men or women	29.4	28.5	30.4	5.4	4.8	6.1	26.5^Note *	25.6	27.5	6.9^Note *	6.3	7.7
Harmed, or threatened to harm your pets	4.3	3.9	4.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	0.8^Note *	0.7	1.0	0.1^Note *	0.1	0.2
Demanded to know who you were with and where you were at all times	19.2	18.3	20.0	3.3	2.8	3.8	14.6^Note *	13.8	15.3	4.0^Note *	3.5	4.6
Put you down or called you names to make you feel bad	31.2	30.3	32.2	8.4	7.7	9.2	19.0^Note *	18.2	19.8	6.1^Note *	5.4	6.7
Forced you to give them money or possessions	6.4	5.9	6.9	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.6^Note *	3.2	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.9
Told you you were crazy, stupid, or not good enough^{Table 1A Note 3}	26.9	26.0	27.8	6.9	6.3	7.6	16.4^Note *	15.6	17.2	4.8^Note *	4.3	5.4
Tried to convince your family, children, or friends that you are crazy or tried to turn them against you^{Table 1A Note 3}	9.8	9.2	10.5	1.9	1.5	2.3	6.7^Note *	6.1	7.2	1.1^Note *	0.9	1.4
Followed you or hung around outside your home or work^{Table 1A Note 3}	12.1	11.4	12.7	0.9	0.3	0.7	3.9^Note *	3.6	4.4	0.5^Note *	0.3	0.7
Kept you from seeing or talking to your family or friends^{Table 1A Note 3}	10.6	10.0	11.2	1.1	0.9	1.4	5.7^Note *	5.2	6.3	1.2	0.9	1.6
Harassed you by phone, text, email, or using social media^{Table 1A Note 3}	13.5	12.8	14.3	2.7	2.2	3.2	7.9^Note *	7.3	8.5	2.0^Note *	1.6	2.4
Kept you from having access to a job, money, or financial resources^{Table 1A Note 3}	5.1	4.7	5.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.5^Note *	1.3	1.8	0.2^Note *	0.1	0.3
Confined or locked you in a room or other space^{Table 1A Note 3}	3.4	3.1	3.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.5^Note *	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.2
Damaged or destroyed your possessions or property	12.1	11.4	12.8	1.2	1.0	1.5	6.9^Note *	6.4	7.5	0.9	0.7	1.2
Made comments about your sexual past or your sexual performance that made you feel ashamed, inadequate, or humiliated	14.5	13.7	15.2	3.1	2.6	3.6	6.7^Note *	6.2	7.3	1.8^Note *	1.5	2.2
Revealed, or threatened to reveal, your sexual orientation or your relationship to anyone who you did not want to know about your sexuality or sexual orientation^{Table 1A Note 4}	6.3	4.6	8.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7.2	5.1	10.1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Blamed you for causing their abusive or violent behaviour^{Table 1A Note 3}^{Table 1A Note 5}	46.8	45.0	48.5	9.0	7.9	10.3	30.1^Note *	28.0	32.3	7.8	6.5	9.3
Total	42.7	41.6	43.7	11.9	11.1	12.8	34.9^Note *	33.8	35.9	11.2	10.4	12.0
Physical abuse
Shook, pushed, grabbed, or threw you^{Table 1A Note 3}	17.2	16.4	17.9	1.5	1.2	1.9	6.7^Note *	6.1	7.2	1.2	0.9	1.6
Hit you with a fist or object, kicked or bit you^{Table 1A Note 3}	11.3	10.7	12.0	0.7	0.5	1.1	9.0^Note *	8.4	9.6	1.3^Note *	1.0	1.6
Threatened to harm or kill you or someone close to you^{Table 1A Note 3}	7.2	6.7	7.7	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.0^Note *	1.7	2.4	0.2^Note *	0.1	0.3
Choked you^{Table 1A Note 3}	6.5	6.0	7.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.1^Note *	0.9	1.4	0.2^Note *	0.1	0.4
Used or threatened to use a knife or gun or other weapon to harm you^{Table 1A Note 3}	3.9	3.6	4.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.8^Note *	1.5	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.3
Threatened to hit you with their fist or anything that could hurt you	11.8	11.2	12.5	1.0	0.8	1.3	6.4^Note *	5.9	7.0	1.0	0.8	1.3
Thrown anything at you that could have hurt you	10.8	10.2	11.4	0.8	0.6	1.1	8.8^Note *	8.2	9.5	1.2	0.9	1.5
Slapped you	11.4	10.8	12.1	0.8	0.6	1.1	10.8	10.1	11.4	1.7^Note *	1.4	2.1
Beaten you	6.0	5.6	6.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.7^Note *	1.4	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.3
Total	23.0	22.1	23.8	2.4	2.1	2.8	16.5^Note *	15.8	17.4	2.8	2.4	3.3
Sexual abuse
Made you perform sex acts that you did not want to perform^{Table 1A Note 3}	8.5	7.9	9.1	0.8	0.6	1.1	1.2^Note *	1.0	1.5	0.2^Note *	0.1	0.5
Forced or tried to force you to have sex^{Table 1A Note 3}	9.8	9.2	10.4	1.0	0.7	1.3	1.6^Note *	1.3	1.9	0.4^Note *	0.2	0.6
Total	11.5	10.9	12.2	1.2	0.9	1.5	2.0^Note *	1.7	2.3	0.4^Note *	0.3	0.7
Total intimate partner violence	44.1	43.1	45.1	12.1	11.3	13.0	36.1^Note *	35.1	37.1	11.4	10.6	12.3
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Represents the percentage of all respondents, excluding those who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Represents the percentage of all respondents, excluding those who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship and those who stated that they had not had contact with any current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 This is an item taken from the Composite Abuse Scale - revised short form (CASr-SF). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 This item was only asked of respondents who did not identify as heterosexual. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 This item was only asked of respondents who indicated yes to at least one item from the CASr-SF. The percent calculation therefore does not include all respondents. Return to note 5 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

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Table 1A
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence, Canada, 2018

Table 1A Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence, Canada, 2018

Table 1A
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence, Canada, 2018