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Table 7A
Childhood abuse and maltreatment among women, by Indigenous identity, Canada, 2018

Table 7A
Childhood abuse and maltreatment among women, by Indigenous identity, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Childhood abuse and maltreatment among women. The information is grouped by Type of childhood abuse or maltreatment (appearing as row headers), Indigenous women, Non-Indigenous women , percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of childhood abuse or maltreatment	Indigenous women			Non-Indigenous women^{Table 7A Note †}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Ever saw or heard parents say hurtful things to other adult	54.0^Note *	49.2	58.7	46.1	45.1	47.2
Ever saw or heard parents hit each other or other adult	24.9^Note *	20.7	29.5	11.9	11.3	12.6
Ever under legal responsibility of the government	11.4^Note *	8.7	14.8	2.3	2.0	2.7
Experienced physical or sexual assault before age 15	41.9^Note *	37.3	46.6	27.4	26.5	28.4
Experienced physical assault before the age of 15	31.9^Note *	27.7	36.5	22.0	21.1	22.9
Ever slapped or hit by adult	25.8^Note *	21.9	30.1	18.7	17.8	19.6
Ever pushed, grabbed, or shoved by adult	22.0^Note *	18.1	26.4	12.0	11.3	12.7
Ever kicked, punched or choked by adult	11.6^Note *	8.9	14.9	5.2	4.8	5.7
Experienced sexual assault before the age of 15	21.8^Note *	18.1	25.9	11.4	10.8	12.0
Ever forced into unwanted sexual activity by adult	14.6^Note *	11.6	18.4	5.0	4.6	5.4
Ever touched in a sexual way by adult	21.4^Note *	17.7	25.5	11.1	10.5	11.7
Experienced harsh parenting before age 15	67.8	63.1	72.2	64.9	63.9	66.0
Ever spanked or slapped by parent	54.8	50.0	59.5	54.4	53.3	55.5
Parent ever said things that hurt feelings	44.5	39.7	49.4	42.5	41.5	43.6
Ever felt not wanted or loved by parent	28.8^Note *	24.9	33.0	21.9	21.0	22.8
Parent did not take care of your basic needs	10.2^Note *	7.6	13.4	4.1	3.7	4.5
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2022-04-26