Table 5
Females' self-reported feelings of safety from crime, by Aboriginal identity, Canada's provinces, 2009
Feelings of safety | Aboriginal females† | Non-Aboriginal females | ||
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number (thousands) | percent | number (thousands) | percent | |
Personal safety1 | ||||
Very satisfied | 207 | 42 | 5,667 | 43 |
Somewhat satisfied | 218 | 45 | 6,587 | 49 |
Somewhat dissatisfied | 37E | 8E | 837 | 6 |
Very dissatisfied | F | 5E | 155 | 1* |
Walking alone after dark in your neighbourhood | ||||
Safe | 306 | 62 | 9,098 | 68* |
Unsafe | 143 | 29 | 2,771 | 21* |
Does not walk alone | 45E | 9E | 1,500 | 11 |
Using public transportation alone after dark2 | ||||
Not at all worried | 37E | 47E | 1,201 | 42 |
Somewhat worried | 37E | 46E | 1,498 | 52 |
Very worried | F | F | 158 | 6 |
† reference category E use with caution F too unreliable to be published * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) 1. Reponses of "no opinion" were excluded from analysis. 2. Based upon responses from people who used public transportation alone in the evening or night. Note: Data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut were collected using a different methodology and are therefore excluded. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. Don't know and not stated are included in the total but not shown. Includes female respondents age 15 years or older. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009. |
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