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Table 9
Difficulties faced by women and men with disabilities aged 15 or older when using public or specialized transit, Canada, 2012 Table 9
Difficulties faced by women and men with disabilities aged 15 or older when using public or specialized transit, Canada, 2012

Table 9
Difficulties faced by women and men with disabilities aged 15 or older when using public or specialized transit, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Difficulties faced by women and men with disabilities aged 15 or older when using public or specialized transit. The information is grouped by Difficulty (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Mild, moderate, severe, or very severe disability, Mild or moderate disability and Severe or very severe disability, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Difficulty	Women			Men
	Mild, moderate, severe, or very severe disability	Mild or moderate disability	Severe or very severe disability	Mild, moderate, severe, or very severe disability	Mild or moderate disability	Severe or very severe disability
	percent
Not available when needed	14.1	13.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.3	15.9	10.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.8
Booking not allowed last minute	8.1	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.2^{Table 9 Note †}	10.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	12.2
Difficulty getting to or locating bus stops	28.1	25.2	29.0	31.6	22.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	35.0^{Table 9 Note †}
Difficulty getting on or off vehicle	51.0^Note *	45.2^Note *	52.7	41.8	23.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	49.1^{Table 9 Note †}
Difficulty seeing signs, notices or stops or difficulty hearing announcements	17.2	15.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.8	17.5	11.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	20.0^{Table 9 Note †}
Overcrowding	29.2	25.3	30.4	30.4	29.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	30.8
Difficulty requesting service	14.0	11.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.8	12.4	6.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.5^{Table 9 Note †}
Difficulty interpreting schedules	16.5	14.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.1	18.1	13.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	19.9
Difficulty transferring or completing complicated transfers	22.2	17.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.5	23.5	14.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	27.1^{Table 9 Note †}
Condition or health problem is aggravated when one goes out	47.6	35.6	51.2^{Table 9 Note †}	49.0	38.2	53.1^{Table 9 Note †}
Too expensive	13.6	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	16.1^{Table 9 Note †}	10.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	13.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table 9 Note †}
Other reason	25.5	27.5	24.9	23.1	20.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	24.2
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from men, within severity level, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Note † significantly different from mild or moderate disabilities at p < 0.05 Return to note † referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2012.

Date modified:: 2017-05-29