Table 3
Factors associated with perception of police performance, logistic regressions, territories, 2014

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Table 3
Factors associated with perception of police performance, logistic regressions, territories, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Factors associated with perception of police performance Being approachable and easy to talk to, Ensuring safety of citizens, Treating people fairly, Enforcing the laws, Promptly responding to calls and Providing information on ways to prevent crime, calculated using predicted probabilities units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Being approachable and easy to talk to Ensuring safety of citizens Treating people fairly Enforcing the laws Promptly responding to calls Providing information on ways to prevent crime
predicted probabilities
Sex  
MaleNote †: Reference category 0.68 0.62 0.57 0.48 0.49 0.47
Female 0.68 0.60 0.53 0.53Note * 0.49 0.45
Age group  
15 to 24 yearsNote †: Reference category 0.65 0.62 0.56 0.46 0.44 0.41
25 to 34 years 0.65 0.59 0.53 0.47 0.50 0.40
35 to 44 years 0.71 0.59 0.53 0.49 0.49 0.47
45 to 54 years 0.67 0.60 0.53 0.50 0.50 0.51
55 to 64 years 0.72 0.66 0.60 0.58Note * 0.54 0.54Note *
65 to 74 years 0.76Note * 0.58 0.55 0.59Note ** 0.47 0.47
75 years and older 0.63 0.68 0.66 0.60Note * 0.48 0.43
Marital status  
Married/common lawNote †: Reference category 0.69 0.62 0.55 0.50 0.48 0.46
Not married or in a common-law relationship 0.67 0.59 0.55 0.51 0.51 0.46
Level of education  
University degreeNote †: Reference category 0.69 0.58 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.42
Less than university degree 0.68 0.61 0.56 0.50 0.48 0.47
Main activity in the last 12 months  
Working at a paid job or self-employedNote †: Reference category 0.66 0.58 0.53 0.49 0.45 0.42
Other 0.72 0.65Note * 0.58 0.54 0.55Note ** 0.53Note **
Household income  
$100,000 or moreNote †: Reference category 0.68 0.61 0.54 0.53 0.50 0.47
Less than $100,000 0.65 0.58 0.50 0.46Note ** 0.45 0.44
Don't know/not stated 0.72 0.64 0.63 0.53 0.52 0.47
Visible minority  
Visible minorityNote †: Reference category 0.67 0.73 0.63 0.55 0.56 0.58
Non-visible minority 0.68 0.60 0.55 0.50 0.49 0.45
Aboriginal identity  
AboriginalNote †: Reference category 0.63 0.56 0.50 0.44 0.42 0.42
Non-Aboriginal 0.74Note ** 0.66Note ** 0.61Note ** 0.58Note ** 0.58Note ** 0.51Note **
Immigrant status  
Non-immigrantNote †: Reference category 0.68 0.61 0.55 0.50 0.48 0.46
Longer-term immigrant 0.73 0.54 0.51 0.50 0.53 0.46
Recent immigrant 0.74 0.53 0.56 0.61 0.57 0.53
Victim of crime  
Not a victim of crime in the past 12 monthsNote †: Reference category 0.70 0.65 0.58 0.54 0.54 0.48
Victim of crime in the past 12 months 0.63Note ** 0.49Note ** 0.47Note ** 0.41Note ** 0.36Note ** 0.40Note **
Contact with police  
Contact with police in past 12 monthsNote †: Reference category 0.72 0.63 0.57 0.53 0.51 0.48
No contact with police in past 12 months 0.66Note * 0.59 0.54 0.49 0.47 0.44
Total 0.68 0.61 0.55 0.50 0.49 0.46
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.1)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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† reference category
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Victimization, 2014.

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