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Table 4
Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners and non-intimate partners since age 15, by sexual orientation, Canada, 2018

Table 4
Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners and non-intimate partners since age 15, by sexual orientation, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners and non-intimate partners since age 15 by sexual orientation. The information is grouped by Type of victimization by perpetrator since age of 15 (appearing as row headers), Sexual minority women, Lesbian or gay women, Bisexual women, Heterosexual women, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of victimization by perpetrator since age of 15	Sexual minority women			Lesbian or gay women			Bisexual women			Heterosexual women^{Table 4 Note †}
	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
Intimate partner violence since age 15^{Table 4 Note 1}
Physical assault	43.9^Note *	37.7	50.4	34.5^Note *	26.2	43.9	47.8^Note *	39.2	56.6	22.5	21.6	23.4
Sexual assault	26.5^Note *	21.7	32.0	12.5	8.3	18.4	33.9^Note *	26.7	42.0	11.0	10.4	11.7
Total	48.5^Note *	42.1	55.1	36.9^Note *	28.5	46.1	53.3^Note *	44.0	62.3	25.1	24.2	26.1
Non-intimate partner violence since age 15
Physical assault	45.3^Note *	39.5	51.2	46.3^Note *	37.6	55.3	46.2^Note *	38.4	54.3	25.6	24.6	26.6
Sexual assault	50.4^Note *	44.4	56.4	39.4^Note *	31.2	48.2	55.4^Note *	47.0	63.5	29.8	28.8	30.7
Total	60.5^Note *	54.3	66.3	55.6^Note *	46.8	64.1	63.1^Note *	54.5	71.0	38.3	37.2	39.3
Total intimate and non-intimate partner violence since age 15
Physical assault	56.9^Note *	50.7	63.0	54.4^Note *	45.5	63.0	59.0^Note *	50.2	67.3	34.4	33.4	35.5
Sexual assault	52.7^Note *	46.6	58.7	40.3	32.1	49.1	58.6^Note *	50.0	66.7	32.9	31.9	33.9
Total	66.3^Note *	59.9	72.2	61.4^Note *	52.4	69.7	69.7^Note *	60.5	77.6	44.8	43.8	45.9
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes violence committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship. Percent calculation excludes respondents who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship. Return to note 1 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2021-04-26