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| Factor | Odds ratio2 |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 1.85*** |
| Male | |
| Age | |
| 15 to 34 | 1.25*** |
| 35 to 54 | 1.28*** |
| 55 and over | |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 0.88** |
| Other3 | 0,92 |
| Married/common-law | |
| Education | |
| Post secondary degree, diploma or certificate | 1.21*** |
| Other4 | |
| Income in dollars | |
| 0 to 14,999 | 0.76*** |
| 15,000 to 29,000 | 0.78*** |
| 30,000 to 59,000 | 0.84** |
| 60,000 and over | |
| Aboriginal status | |
| Aboriginal | 1.42** |
| Non-Aboriginal | |
| Immigrant status | |
| Immigrant | 0.83** |
| Canadian-born | |
| Number of evening activities | |
| Less than ten | 0.87** |
| Ten or more | |
| Residency | |
| Urban | 1.52*** |
| Rural | |
| Perception of change in neighbourhood crime level in last 5 years | |
| Increased | 1.628*** |
| Unchanged | 0.937 |
| Decreased | |
| Perception of crime levels in one's neighbourhood compared to other areas | |
| Higher | 2.06*** |
| Same | 1.18*** |
| Lower | |
| Victimization | |
| Not victimized | 0.48*** |
| Victimized | |
| * 0.01<p≤0.05 | |
| ** 0.001<p≤0.01 | |
| *** p≤0.001 | |
1. Using the technique of logistic regression, the relationship of each factor to the odds of having changed activities or avoided certain places to protect oneself from crime, is examined while controlling for possible effects of other factors in the model. |
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2. Indicates the odds of changing one's activities or avoiding certain places in comparison to that for the reference category, when all other factors in the model are held constant. |
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| 3. Includes those who are widowed, divorced or separated. | |
| 4. Includes those who have some post secondary education, a high school diploma, some secondary education, some elementary education or no schooling. | |
| Note: p is the significance level. For example, a significance level of .05 indicates that there is a 5% probability that the survey (sample) data will suggest that there is a relationship between the variables, when no relationship actually exists in the population. | |
| Data source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2004. | |
| Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Canadians’ use of crime prevention measures, Catalogue no. 85F0033MWE. | |