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Table 3
Household characteristics, by number of victimizations, 2004

  Number of victimizations
0 1 2 or more
proportion of households
Region
Atlantic 86.6 10.0 3.4*
Quebec1 87.5 10.9 1.6
Ontario 83.1* 12.7* 4.2*
Prairies 76.7* 15.7* 7.6*
British-Columbia 75.8* 16.1* 8.2*
Household income
Under $15,0001 88.8 7.9 3.3
$15,000 to $29,999 84.4* 11.6* 4.0
$30,000 to $39,999 83.4* 11.2* 5.4*
$40,000 to $59,999 81.1* 14.2* 4.8*
$60,000 to $99,999 78.9* 15.7* 5.4*
$100,000 and over 76.7* 17.8* 5.6*
Tenure
Owner1 82.7 13.0 4.4
Tenant 81.6 13.3 5.1*
Dwelling type
Semi-detached, row house or duplex1 79.0 14.4 6.6
Single-detached house 82.3* 13.1 4.5*
Apartment 84.2* 12.2* 3.6*
Household size
1 person1 87.0 9.9 3.1
2 persons 84.4* 11.7* 3.9*
3 persons 78.8* 14.9* 6.3*
4 persons or more 76.8* 17.2* 6.0*
Location
Urban1 81.2 13.7 5.1
Rural 87.2* 10.5* 2.4*
Proportion of persons in families with incomes below the low-income cut-off (LICO) in the neighbourhood* 2, 3
Low1 84.6 11.8 3.6
Medium 81.7* 13.4* 4.9*
High 80.8* 13.9* 5.3*
Proportion of lone parent families in the neighbourhood4
Low1 85.3 11.5 3.2
Medium 82.6* 12.9* 4.5*
High 79.8* 14.5* 5.7*
Proportion of persons in the neighbourhood who lived at the same address 5 years earlier5
High1 86.1 11.1 2.9
Medium 80.4* 14.0* 5.6*
Low 80.8* 14.4* 4.8*
Median family income in the neighbourhood
Less than $30,0001 82.0 13.1 4.9
$30,000 and over 82.7 13.0 4.3*
Main activity of respondent
Student1 75.2 17.9 6.9
Working 79.7* 15.0* 5.3*
At home (includes household work, looking for a paid job, maternity/paternity leave, long-term illness) 82.7* 12.4* 4.9*
Retired 92.1* 6.2* 1.7*
Number of activities at night (each month)
Less than 101 90.0 7.8 2.2
10 to 19 82.9* 13.2* 4.0*
20 to 29 80.0* 15.2* 4.8*
30 to 49 77.7* 15.7* 6.5*
50 or more 74.5* 17.3* 8.2*
* Significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05).
1. Reference category.
2. Less than 10% of families in the neighbourhood (low), between 10% and 75% of families in the neighbourhood (medium), over 75% of families in the neighbourhood (high).
3. Neighbourhood characteristics are derived at the Census tract level in cities with a population above 50,000 (census agglomeration and census metropolitan area) and at the city level for cities with a population under 50,000.
4. Less than 25% of families in the neighbourhood (low), between 25% and 75% of families in the neighbourhood (medium), over 75% of families in the neighbourhood (high).
5. Less than 40% of persons in the neighbourhood who lived at the same address 5 years earlier (low), between 40% and 65% of persons in the neighbourhood who lived at the same address 5 years earlier (medium), over 65% % of persons in the neighbourhood who lived at the same address 5 years earlier (high).
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2004.