Description for chart 1.8
Victims of self-reported spousal violence within the past 5 years, by sex of victim and province, 2009
The title of the graph is "Chart 1.8 Victims of self-reported spousal violence within the past 5 years, by sex of victim and province, 2009."
This is a bar clustered chart.
This is a horizontal bar graph, so categories are on the vertical axis and values on the horizontal axis.
There are in total 10 categories in the vertical axis. The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 10 with ticks every 2 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "percent of spousal violence victims."
The vertical axis is "provinces."
The title of series 1 is "Male victims."
The minimum value is F and it corresponds to "Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador."
The maximum value is 8.3 and it corresponds to "Manitoba."
The title of series 2 is "Female victims."
The minimum value is 5 and it corresponds to "Newfoundland and Labrador."
The maximum value is 8.7 and it corresponds to "Alberta."
| Male victims | Female victims | |
|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | 6.7 | 6.2 |
| Alberta | 6.5 | 8.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 7.9 | 8.6 |
| Manitoba | 8.3 | 6.4 |
| Ontario | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| Quebec | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| New Brunswick | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| Nova Scotia | 4.8 | 6.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | F | 6.3 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | F | 5.0 |
| F too unreliable to be published Note: Includes legally married, common-law, same-sex, separated and divorced spouses who reported having experienced violence within the 5-year period preceding the survey. Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Data for the proportion of males who experienced spousal violence in Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island are not shown as they are too small to produce reliable estimates. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009. |
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