Table 4.4
Reasons for reporting spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009

Table 4.4 Reasons for reporting spousal violence to police, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 4.4 reasons for reporting spousal violence to police. The information is grouped by reasons for reporting (appearing as row headers), female victims† and male victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reasons for reporting	Female victims†	Male victims
Reasons for reporting	percent
Stop the violence and receive protection	95	70Note *
Sense of duty	47	57^{Note E: Use with caution}
Wanted partner arrested/punished	37	Note F: too unreliable to be published
On recommendation of someone else	28^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published † 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. 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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