Table 3
Reasons for women for seeking shelters, Canada, April 16, 2008
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Reasons | Women residing in shelters | |
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number | percentage of women1 | |
Psychological abuse | 2,798 | 65 |
Physical abuse | 2,349 | 55 |
Threats | 1,658 | 39 |
Financial abuse | 1,550 | 36 |
Harrassment | 1,209 | 28 |
Sexual abuse | 1,040 | 24 |
Protection of children from: | ||
Witnessing abuse of mother | 1,065 | 25 |
Psychological abuse | 842 | 20 |
Physical abuse | 523 | 12 |
Threats | 433 | 10 |
Neglect | 314 | 7 |
Sexual abuse | 171 | 4 |
Other types of abuse | 368 | 9 |
Housing problem | ||
Unable to find afforable housing | 1,379 | 32 |
Short-term housing problem | 826 | 19 |
Housing emergency | 525 | 12 |
Mental health problems | 945 | 22 |
Drug and alcohol addiction | 880 | 21 |
Other reasons - total | 272 | 6 |
Reason unknown | 31 | 1 |
Total women residing in shelters | 4,273 | 100 |
1. Due to multiple responses, the sum of the percentages does not equal 100.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey, 2007/2008. |
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