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
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