Description for chart 4.3
Reason for not reporting spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009

The title of the graph is "Chart 4.3 Reason for not reporting spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 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 11 categories in the vertical axis. The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 100 with ticks every 20 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "percent of victims who did not report to police."
The vertical axis is "reason for not reporting."
The title of series 1 is "Male victims."
The minimum value is 3.1* and it corresponds to "Fear of spouse."
The maximum value is 89.3* and it corresponds to "A personal matter."
The title of series 2 is "Female victims†."
The minimum value is 12.8 and it corresponds to "Police wouldn't help."
The maximum value is 78.9 and it corresponds to "Dealt with another way."

Chart 4.3 Reason for not reporting spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009, percent of victims who did not report to police
  Male victims Female victims†
Police wouldn't help 15.1 12.8
Fear of publicity 9.3 13.9
No confidence in the criminal justice system 9.3 15.1
Fear of spouse 3.1* 18.5
Police couldn't do anything 23.4 25.6
Didn't want spouse to get arrested 40.1 40.3
Didn't want anyone to find out 26.4* 43.9
Didn't want to get involved with police 48.2 49.4
Not important enough 76.9* 62.3
A personal matter 89.3* 73.9
Dealt with another way 82.0 78.9
† reference category     
* significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)           
Note: Includes legally married, common-law, same-sex, separated and divorced spouses who experienced spousal violence within the previous 5 years and who indicated that the violence did not come to the attention of police. Figures do not add to 100% due to multiple responses. Data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut were collected using a different methodology and are therefore excluded.       
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.  
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