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Table 2
Experiences of violence in an intimate relationship in the past 12 months, by age group, type of violence and gender, Canada, 2018

Table 2
Experiences of violence in an intimate relationship in the past 12 months, by age group, type of violence and gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Experiences of violence in an intimate relationship in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Gender and type of violence (appearing as row headers), Teens aged 15 to 17, Young adults aged 18 to 24, Adults aged 25 and older, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Gender and type of violence	Teens aged 15 to 17^{Table 2 Note †}			Young adults aged 18 to 24			Adults aged 25 and older
	percent^{Table 2 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 1}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 2 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 1}	from	to
Girls and women
Sexual abuse	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5	2.9	8.4	1	0.6	1.0
Physical abuse	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7	4.2	10.1	2	1.7	2.4
Emotional abuse	32	19.2	48.6	27	22.0	33.1	10^Note *	9.6	11.0
Total	32	19.2	48.6	29	23.4	34.8	10^Note *	9.6	11.1
Boys and men
Sexual abuse	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3	1.1	6.3	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded^Note **	0.1	0.4
Physical abuse	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9	5.5	12.8	2	1.9	2.7
Emotional abuse	27	15.3	42.0	26	20.5	31.3	10^Note *	9.1	10.5
Total	27	15.3	42.0	26	21.0	31.8	10^Note *	9.3	10.7
Total^{Table 2 Note 2}
Sexual abuse	3	1.3	6.2	4	2.5	6.1	1^Note *	0.4	0.7
Physical abuse	3	1.5	6.4	8^Note *	5.6	10.2	2	1.9	2.5
Emotional abuse	29	19.8	39.1	26	22.5	30.2	10^Note *	9.5	10.5
Total	29	19.8	39.1	27	23.5	31.4	10^Note *	9.7	10.7
F too unreliable to be published 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Note * significantly different from reference category only Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from estimates for girls or women only Return to note referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Excludes respondents 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 1 referrer Note 2 Includes trans and cisgender persons, as well as those identifying with no gender or with multiple genders. Return to note 2 referrer Note: 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. The terms "girls", "boys", "women" and "men" include trans and cisgender persons. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2024-03-20