Table 3
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of perpetrators, 2018

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Table 3
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of perpetrators, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics of perpetrators (appearing as row headers), Male victims, Female victims and All victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics of perpetrators Male victimsTable 3 Note  Female victims All victimsTable 3 Note 1
percent
Type of perpetratorTable 3 Note 2
Canadian Armed Forces member(s) 90 92 91
Foreign military member(s) 5Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 6Note E: Use with caution
Department of National Defence civilian(s) or contractor(s) 12 Note F: too unreliable to be published 8
Other 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9
Don't know 7Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 6
Number of perpetratorsTable 3 Note 2
Lone 73 90Note * 79
Two or more 11 7Note E: Use with caution 10
Varied - sometimes one perpetrator other times two multiple perpetrators 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9
Don't know 8Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 7
Sex of perpetratorTable 3 Note 2
Always men 49 94Note * 66
Always women 34 Note F: too unreliable to be published 22
Combination of men and women 14 Note F: too unreliable to be published 11
Don't know 5Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
Relationship to victimTable 3 Note 2
Supervisor or higher rank 34 38 36
Peer 54 47 52
Subordinate - either in or outside chain of command 22 16Note * 21
Intimate partner (dating partner, spouse, common-law partner) 8Note E: Use with caution 7Note E: Use with caution 8
Stranger 10Note E: Use with caution 8Note E: Use with caution 10
Other 12 6Note E: Use with cautionNote * 10
Don't know 8Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 7
Rank of perpetratorTable 3 Note 2
Junior Non-Commissioned Member 70 57Note * 66
Senior Non-Commissioned Member 28 31 29
Junior Officer 15 15 16
Senior Officer 8Note E: Use with caution 8 9
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
Don't know Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
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