Table 4.6
Spousal violence victim's account of police-related involvement, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009

Table 4.6 Spousal violence victim's account of police-related involvement, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009
Table summary
 This table displays the results of table 4.6 spousal violence victim's account of police-related involvement. The information is grouped by police-related involvement (appearing as row headers), female victims† and male victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Police-related involvement Female victims† Male victims
percent
Action police took  
Visited the scene 85 82
Made a report/conduct investigation 83 64Note *
Gave a warning to the spousal perpetrator 71 48Note *
Took the spousal perpetrator away 52 19Note E: Use with cautionNote *
Arrested or laid charges against spousal perpetrator 44 18Note E: Use with cautionNote *
Took other action 19Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Satisfaction with actions of police  
Very or somewhat satisfied 65 52
Very or somewhat dissatisfied 35 41Note E: Use with caution
Spousal violence after police involvement  
Decreased 48 39Note E: Use with caution
Stayed the same 23Note E: Use with caution 25Note E: Use with caution
Increased 6Note 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 may 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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