Table 1
Proportion reporting fear of crime1 among urban Canadians aged 15 years and older
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Proportion of each group reporting that they felt somewhat or very unsafe from crime in the neighbourhood | |
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percentage | |
Sex | |
Female | 28.7*** |
Male2 | 8.0 |
Age | |
15 to 24 years | 18.9 |
25 to 44 years2 | 15.7 |
45 to 64 years | 18.1 |
65 years and older | 24.3*** |
Total household income quartiles | |
Lowest income quartile | 25.5*** |
Second income quartile | 17.4*** |
Third income quartile | 13.6 |
Fourth income quartile2 | 10.1 |
Missing3 | 22.3*** |
Education | |
Less than secondary | 24.6*** |
Secondary | 18.8 |
Some post-secondary | 17.3 |
Post-secondary degree or diploma2 | 15.5 |
Visible minority status | |
Visible minority | 19.9 |
Non-visible minority2 | 17.4 |
Victimized in past year | |
Yes | 21.7*** |
No2 | 16.1 |
Physical disorder a problem in the neighbourhood | |
Yes | 33.8*** |
No2 | 14.8 |
Social disorder a problem in the neighbourhood | |
Yes | 32.2*** |
No2 | 13.1 |
Crime is higher here than other neighbourhoods | |
Yes | 42.2*** |
No2 | 15.0 |
*** statistically different from the reference category p ≤ 0.001 1. Fear of crime is defined as "feeling very or somewhat unsafe while walking alone in your area after dark". 2. Reference group in models. 3. Missing 'total household income' information is included as a separate category in order to retain these individuals for analyses. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2004 |
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