Table 4
Logistic regression model: risk of being a victim of fraud in the five years preceding the survey, by selected characteristics, Canada, 2019

Table 4
Logistic regression model: risk of being a victim of fraud in the five years preceding the survey, by selected characteristics, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Logistic regression model: risk of being a victim of fraud in the five years preceding the survey. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), odds ratio, 95% confidence interval, lower and upper, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics	odds ratio^{Table 4 Note 1}	95% confidence interval
		Lower	Upper
		percent
Age group
15 to 24 years	0.447^Note ***	0.325	0.614
25 to 44 years	0.780^Note **	0.652	0.935
45 to 64 years	0.818^Note *	0.701	0.955
65 to 74 years^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
75 years and older	0.756^Note *	0.598	0.955
Highest level of education
High school diploma or less^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
College or trade school	1.242^Note *	1.041	1.481
University	1.651^Note ***	1.392	1.959
Language spoken at home
English or a language other than French^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
French	0.785^Note **	0.656	0.940
Physical or mental disability
Yes	1.213^Note **	1.060	1.388
No^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Personal income (before taxes)
Less than $100,000^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
$100,000 or more	1.196^Note *	1.016	1.408
Internet use
Does not use the Internet or uses it only for occasional searches^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Email or social media	1.693^Note ***	1.292	2.217
Make purchases online	1.419^Note ***	1.181	1.704
Banking	1.477^Note ***	1.203	1.814
Other purposes	1.400^Note ***	1.151	1.702
Economic difficulties^{Table 4 Note 2}
Little or no difficulty	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Moderate to major difficulty^{Table 4 Note †}	1.309^Note ***	1.118	1.532
Was a victim of a crime (other than fraud) in the 12 months preceding the survey^{Table 4 Note 3}
Yes^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
No	1.355^Note **	1.158	1.587
Was a victim of intimate partner violence in the five years preceding the survey
No^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Yes	1.612^Note **	1.094	1.429
Was a victim of physical or sexual abuse by an adult before age 15
Yes^{Table 4 Note †}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
No	1.250^Note ***	1.118	1.532
... not applicable Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from reference category (p < 0.01) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.001) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 The odds ratio represents the ratio between the probability of an event (e.g. victimization) occurring in the presence of a certain characteristic compared with the probability of an event occurring in the absence of this characteristic. An odds ratio higher than 1 indicates that the characteristic is associated with a higher probability that the event occurred, whereas an odds ratio less than 1 indicates a lower probability. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Based on responses to the following question: “Thinking of your/your household's finances, are you/is your household usually able to make ends meet?” The people who answered “Very easily” or “Easily” were classed in the “Little or no difficulty” category, while people who answered “With difficulty,” “With great difficulty” or “No, cannot make ends meet” were classed in the “Moderate to major difficulty” category. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes the crimes measured by the GSS on Canadians‘ Safety: sexual assault, robbery, assault, break and enter, motor vehicle theft, theft of personal property, theft of household goods, and vandalism. Return to note 3 referrer Note: All characteristics in tables 3, 5 and 6 were considered in the initial analyses, but only the statistically significant variables (p < 0.05) were kept in the final model. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' safety, 2019.

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Table 4
Logistic regression model: risk of being a victim of fraud in the five years preceding the survey, by selected characteristics, Canada, 2019

Table 4 Logistic regression model: risk of being a victim of fraud in the five years preceding the survey, by selected characteristics, Canada, 2019

Table 4
Logistic regression model: risk of being a victim of fraud in the five years preceding the survey, by selected characteristics, Canada, 2019