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

Table 1
Intimate partner violence since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence and sexual orientation, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Intimate partner violence since age 15 and in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of intimate partner violence (appearing as row headers), Sexual minority women, Heterosexual women, 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	Sexual minority women						Heterosexual women^{Table 1 Note †}
	Experienced since age 15^{Table 1 Note 1}			Experienced in the past 12 months^{Table 1 Note 2}			Experienced since age 15^{Table 1 Note 1}			Experienced in the past 12 months^{Table 1 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	49.7^Note *	43.3	56.1	12.2^Note *	8.5	17.2	28.9	27.9	29.9	5.2	4.5	5.9
Harmed, or threatened to harm your pets	8.6^Note *	5.8	12.5	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4.2	3.8	4.6	0.4	0.3	0.6
Demanded to know who you were with and where you were at all times	33.6^Note *	28.1	39.6	9.0^Note *	5.8	13.8	18.7	17.9	19.6	3.1	2.6	3.7
Put you down or called you names to make you feel bad	51.5^Note *	45.0	58.0	16.9^Note *	12.5	22.5	30.8	29.8	31.8	8.2	7.5	9.0
Forced you to give them money or possessions	17.1^Note *	13.1	22.0	2.9	1.1	7.1	6.0	5.5	6.5	0.5	0.4	0.7
Told you you were crazy, stupid, or not good enough^{Table 1 Note 3}	45.7^Note *	39.4	52.1	10.6	7.2	15.4	26.5	25.6	27.4	6.9	6.2	7.6
Tried to convince your family, children, or friends that you are crazy or tried to turn them against you^{Table 1 Note 3}	18.9^Note *	14.9	23.7	4.3	2.2	8.1	9.6	9.0	10.3	1.8	1.4	2.2
Followed you or hung around outside your home or work^{Table 1 Note 3}	21.0^Note *	16.7	26.1	3.5	1.5	7.9	11.8	11.1	12.5	0.8	0.6	1.1
Kept you from seeing or talking to your family or friends^{Table 1 Note 3}	21.6^Note *	17.2	26.8	4.9^Note *	2.6	9.2	10.2	9.6	10.9	1.0	0.8	1.3
Harassed you by phone, text, email, or using social media^{Table 1 Note 3}	28.6^Note *	23.5	34.4	8.9^Note *	5.7	13.6	13.1	12.3	13.8	2.5	2.0	3.0
Kept you from having access to a job, money, or financial resources^{Table 1 Note 3}	10.3^Note *	7.2	14.4	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5.0	4.6	5.4	0.4	0.3	0.6
Confined or locked you in a room or other space^{Table 1 Note 3}	9.5^Note *	6.5	13.8	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3.3	2.9	3.7	0.3	0.1	0.6
Damaged or destroyed your possessions or property	24.3^Note *	19.4	29.8	2.1	1.1	4.1	11.7	11.0	12.4	1.2	0.9	1.4
Made comments about your sexual past or your sexual performance that made you feel ashamed, inadequate, or humiliated	35.4^Note *	29.8	41.4	8.6^Note *	5.6	12.9	13.8	13.1	14.6	2.9	2.4	3.5
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 1 Note 4}	10.8	7.8	14.9	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	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 1 Note 3}^{Table 1 Note 5}	58.5^Note *	51.1	65.4	9.9	6.2	15.5	46.1	44.2	47.9	9.0	7.8	10.4
Total	65.1^Note *	58.1	71.5	19.4^Note *	15.0	24.7	42.4	41.3	43.4	11.7	10.9	12.6
Physical abuse
Shook, pushed, grabbed, or threw you^{Table 1 Note 3}	30.8^Note *	25.6	36.6	4.1^Note *	2.3	7.1	16.8	16.1	17.6	1.5	1.2	1.8
Hit you with a fist or object, kicked or bit you^{Table 1 Note 3}	22.3^Note *	17.9	27.4	2.3	1.1	4.9	10.9	10.3	11.6	0.7	0.5	1.0
Threatened to harm or kill you or someone close to you^{Table 1 Note 3}	16.5^Note *	12.5	21.3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6.9	6.4	7.5	0.5	0.3	0.8
Choked you^{Table 1 Note 3}	16.5^Note *	12.5	21.6	2.6^Note *	1.1	6.0	6.2	5.7	6.7	0.4	0.3	0.6
Used or threatened to use a knife or gun or other weapon to harm you^{Table 1 Note 3}	8.1^Note *	5.4	12.0	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3.8	3.5	4.2	0.2	0.1	0.3
Threatened to hit you with their fist or anything that could hurt you	22.8^Note *	18.3	28.0	2.5	1.2	5.2	11.5	10.9	12.2	1.0	0.8	1.3
Thrown anything at you that could have hurt you	24.6^Note *	19.8	30.1	2.3	1.1	4.9	10.4	9.7	11.0	0.8	0.6	1.1
Slapped you	24.7^Note *	19.8	30.5	3.1^Note *	1.5	6.5	11.0	10.3	11.7	0.7	0.5	1.0
Beaten you	11.7^Note *	8.3	16.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5.8	5.3	6.3	0.2	0.1	0.4
Total	43.9^Note *	37.7	50.4	6.7^Note *	4.2	10.4	22.5	21.6	23.4	2.3	1.9	2.7
Sexual abuse
Made you perform sex acts that you did not want to perform^{Table 1 Note 3}	23.5^Note *	19.0	28.8	4.4^Note *	2.6	7.5	7.9	7.4	8.5	0.7	0.5	0.9
Forced or tried to force you to have sex^{Table 1 Note 3}	21.4^Note *	17.0	26.5	2.6^Note *	1.4	4.8	9.4	8.8	10.1	0.9	0.7	1.3
Total	26.5^Note *	21.7	32.0	4.1^Note *	2.4	6.8	11.0	10.4	11.7	1.0	0.8	1.4
Total intimate partner violence	66.8^Note *	59.9	73.1	19.6^Note *	15.1	25.0	43.8	42.7	44.8	11.9	11.1	12.8
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 1
Intimate partner violence since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence and sexual orientation, Canada, 2018

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

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