Table 6
Reasons for seeking shelters, Canada, April 16, 2008

Table 6
Reasons for seeking shelters, Canada, April 16, 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reasons for seeking shelters. The information is grouped by Reasons appearing as row headers and is grouped by Women residing in shelters appearing as column headers, calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Reasons	Women residing in shelters
Reasons	number	percentage¹
Psychological abuse	2,798	65.0
Physical abuse	2,349	55.0
Threats	1,658	39.0
Financial abuse	1,550	36.0
Harassment	1,209	28.0
Sexual abuse	1,040	24.0
Protection of children from
Witnessing abuse of mother	1,065	25.0
Psychological abuse	842	20.0
Physical abuse	523	12.0
Threats	433	10.0
Neglect	314	7.0
Sexual abuse	171	4.0
Other types of abuse	368	9.0
Housing problem
Unable to find affordable housing	1,379	32.0
Shorting-term housing problem	826	19.0
Housing emergency	525	12.0
Mental health problems	945	22.0
Drug and alcohol addiction	880	21.0
Other reasons - total	272	6.0
Reason unknown	31	1.0
Total women residing in shelters	4,273	…
… not applicable 1. Due to multiple responses, the sum of the percentages does not equal 100. Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey, 2007/2008.

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