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Table 16
Selected social or health outcomes, by history of sexual or physical violence victimization since age 15, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2018

Table 16
Selected social or health outcomes, by history of sexual or physical violence victimization since age 15, by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected social or health outcomes. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), Physical health rated as fair or poor, Mental health rated as fair or poor, Low life satisfaction, Ever seriously contemplated suicide, Alcohol use has been a problem, Cannabis use at least once over last month, Illicit drug use at least once over last 12 months, Has ever been homeless, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Indigenous identity group and victimization since age 15	Physical health rated as fair or poor^{Table 16 Note 1}			Mental health rated as fair or poor^{Table 16 Note 1}			Low life satisfaction^{Table 16 Note 1}			Ever seriously contemplated suicide			Alcohol use has been a problem^{Table 16 Note 2}			Cannabis use at least once over last month			Illicit drug use at least once over last 12 months			Has ever been homeless^{Table 16 Note 3}
	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to	percent^{Table 16 Note 4}	from	to
First Nations person
Experienced assault	21^Note **	16	27	24^Note *	18	33	24^Note ***	17	32	44^Note ***	37	52	34^Note ***	28	41	38^Note ***	30	45	10^Note **	6	15	42^Note ***	34	49
Never experienced assault^{Table 16 Note †}	16	10	25	12	7	20	9	5	15	13	7	21	8	5	14	24	16	33	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	12	7	20
Métis person
Experienced assault	27^Note ***	21	34	23^Note *	17	30	26^Note ***	19	33	38^Note ***	32	44	29^Note ***	23	36	31	24	37	6	4	10	33^Note ***	27	40
Never experienced assault^{Table 16 Note †}	18	13	24	12	7	18	8	5	14	21	15	29	5	3	8	22	16	31	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9	5	15
Inuit person
Experienced assault	19	13	27	14^Note *	10	19	13^Note *	9	17	48^Note ***	36	59	40^Note ***	29	52	44^Note **	34	55	3	2	6	38^Note ***	27	51
Never experienced assault^{Table 16 Note †}	10	7	16	4	2	8	6	3	11	16	9	27	19	8	39	33	19	51	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	8	5	13
Total Indigenous persons
Experienced assault	23^Note ***	20	28	23^Note ***	18	28	24^Note ***	20	29	41^Note ***	36	46	31^Note ***	27	36	34^Note ***	30	39	8^Note ***	6	10	37^Note ***	32	41
Never experienced assault^{Table 16 Note †}	16	12	21	11	8	15	9	6	12	16	12	21	7	5	10	24	19	30	2	1	6	10	7	15
Non-Indigenous persons
Experienced assault	14^Note *	13	15	18^Note *	17	19	15^Note *	14	16	27^Note *	26	28	14^Note *	13	14	25^Note *	24	26	5^Note *	4	6	18^Note *	17	19
Never experienced assault^{Table 16 Note †}	9	8	9	7	6	7	8	7	8	6	6	7	4	4	5	9	8	10	1	1	2	4	4	5
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from non-Indigenous category (p < 0,05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category and non-Indigenous category (p < 0,05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Based on the respondents’ own assessment. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Based on answers to the following question: "Was there ever a time in your life when your drinking caused arguments or other serious or repeated problems with your family, friends, neighbours, or co-workers?" Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes being homeless or staying with friends, family or any other place because there was nowhere else to live. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Percentage calculations include missing or unspecified responses, but these data are not shown unless they represent 5% or more of the total responses Return to note 4 referrer Note: Indigenous people include those who reported being a First Nations, Métis or Inuit person. Respondents could report belonging to more than one Indigenous group. These were included in each of the groups they identified with. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Private and Public Spaces, 2018.

Date modified:: 2022-07-19