Table 5
Severity of spousalTable 5 Note 1 violence reported by female and male victims, 2014

Table 5
Severity of spousal violence reported by female and male victims, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Severity of spousal violence reported by female and male victims Female victim and Male victim, calculated using number (thousands) and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Female victimTable 5 Note † Male victim
number (thousands) percent number (thousands) percent
Most serious type of violence  
Threatened, threw something 54 16 75Note E: Use with caution 18
Pushed, shoved, slapped 137 40 128 31Note *
Kicked, bit, hit, hit with something 33 10 147 35Note *
Sexually assaulted, beaten, choked, threatened with a gun or knife 118 34 69Note E: Use with caution 16Note E: Use with cautionNote *
Percent injured  
Physical injury 135 40 98 24Note *
No physical injury 203 59 315 75Note *
Not stated / Don't know Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Percent receiving medical attention  
Received medical attention 26Note E: Use with caution 8Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Did not receive medical attention 108 32 87Note E: Use with caution 21Note *
No physical injury 203 60 315 75Note *
Not stated / Don't know Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Percent fearing for their lives  
Feared for their lives 106 31 35 8Note E: Use with cautionNote *
Did not fear for their lives 229 67 381 91Note *
Not stated / Don't know Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Number of incidents  
1 incident 153 45 202 48
2 to 5 incidents 79 23 128 31
6 to 10 incidents 29Note E: Use with caution 8Note E: Use with caution 16 4Note E: Use with cautionNote *
11 or more 67 20 55 13Note E: Use with caution
Don't know / not stated 10Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Total spousal violence 342 100 418 100
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
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statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05

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Note †

reference group

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Note 1.

Includes legally married, common-law, and same-sex spouses. Also includes separated and divorced spouses who reported having experienced violence in the five-year period preceding the survey.

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Notes: Values may not add up to totals because figures have been rounded. Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunvavut
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.
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