Table 4
Self-reported experiences of harsh parenting or witnessing violence during childhood, by gender, Canada, 2018

Table 4
Self-reported experiences of harsh parenting or witnessing violence during childhood, by gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Self-reported experiences of harsh parenting or witnessing violence during childhood. The information is grouped by Type of childhood experience (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of childhood experience	Women			Men^{Table 4 Note †}			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Experienced harsh parenting before age 15	65.0^Note *	64.0	66.0	62.3	61.2	63.4	63.7	62.9	64.4
Ever spanked or slapped by parent	54.4	53.3	55.5	55.8	54.7	56.9	55.1	54.3	55.9
Parent ever said things that hurt feelings	42.6^Note *	41.6	43.7	33.6	32.5	34.7	38.2	37.5	39.0
Ever feel not wanted or loved by parent	22.1^Note *	21.2	23.0	15.4	14.6	16.2	18.8	18.2	19.5
Parent ever did not take care of your basic needs	4.3^Note *	3.9	4.7	3.3	2.9	3.7	3.8	3.5	4.1
Witnessed violence before age 15	47.3^Note *	46.3	48.3	41.1	40.0	42.2	44.3	43.5	45.0
Ever saw or heard parents say hurtful things to each other or other adult	46.4^Note *	45.4	47.4	39.7	38.6	40.8	43.2	42.4	43.9
Ever saw or heard parents hit each other or other adult	12.4^Note *	11.7	13.1	10.9	10.2	11.6	11.7	11.3	12.2
Experienced any child maltreatment^{Table 4 Note 1}	73.1^Note *	72.2	74.0	70.1	69.0	71.2	71.6	70.9	72.4
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Child maltreatment includes any instance of childhood victimization (physical or sexual abuse), harsh parenting, or witnessing violence during childhood (before age 15). Return to note 1 referrer Note: Parent includes any parent or other caregiver. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

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