Description for chart 4.4
Reason for not reporting non-spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009, Victims

The title of the graph is "Chart 4.4 Reason for not reporting non-spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009, Victims."
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 80 with ticks every 20 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "Victims."
The vertical axis is "reason for not reporting."
The title of series 1 is " Male victims."
The minimum value is F and it corresponds to "Other."
The maximum value is 62 and it corresponds to "Not important enough."
The title of series 2 is " Female victims†."
The minimum value is 7 and it corresponds to "Fear of publicity."
The maximum value is 60 and it corresponds to "Not important enough and Dealt with another way."

Chart 4.4 Reason for not reporting non-spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009, Victims, Victims
  Male victims Female victims†
Fear of publicity 15* 7
Other F 8
Police wouldn't help 22* 12
Biased 16 13
No confidence in the criminal justice system 17 16
Fear of retaliation 9* 18
Police couldn't do anything 45 37
A personal matter 49 51
Didn't want to get involved with police 54 54
Not important enough 62 60
Dealt with another way 60 60
† reference category  
F too unreliable to be published   
* significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)           
Note: Refers to self-reported non-spousal violence within the previous 12 months that 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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